Purdue Pharma

Indiana state and local governments expect to receive up to $100 million over the next 15 years from a settlement with one of the companies and families accused of fueling the country's opioid abuse crisis.

The university has spent years repeating that it has no affiliation to Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut-based pharmaceutical company that's the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin.

Indiana is one of 48 states taking legal action against drug manufacturers and Hoosier legal experts watched the Oklahoma case closely.

Indianas Attorney General filed a new lawsuit aimed at the family behind Purdue Pharma. The state becomes the latest to accuse members of the Sackler family of exacerbating the opioid crisis.

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill says Purdue Pharma's promotion of opioids in Indiana "played a key role" in the state's opioid crisis.