BALTIMORE, MD (Thursday, June 12, 2025) - Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott issued the following statement on the court's ruling in the City's lawsuit against opioid distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen:

"This decision is disappointing to say the least. We are evaluating the decision and considering all of our options. While the court acknowledged that the City proved that McKesson and AmerisourceBergen were liable for the City's opioids crisis, we are disappointed that the court abandoned the remainder of the findings of the jury, which carefully reviewed this case over nearly two months last year. As the only municipality in the country to secure verdicts against these two companies, which were responsible for the bulk of the opioids flooding into Baltimore, we will continue to fight - just as we have fought for our city every step of the way through this litigation process.

"We must not lose sight of the heart of this effort. We stood tall to say Baltimore deserved more, that the families destroyed by these companies deserved better. As a result, we secured a historic amount of funding to bolster our work tackling the opioid crisis in our city. Even with today's decision, the settlements we've reached through this process far exceed what our city would have gained through the global settlement - making it clear that we made the right decision to continue this fight alone.

"The work continues, and we will move forward with addressing this crisis at scale with the resources available to us. That is what Baltimore deserves, and that is the commitment we have made throughout this process."