The Greeneville City School Board tabled any action on retention of a law firm to represent them in a proposed class action lawsuit against insulin manufacturers.
Attorneys General in several states, along with municipalities and other organizations, have joined a lawsuit accusing pharmaceutical companies of unfairly fixing and inflating prices of insulin. The board had a proposal from Frantz law firm to represent the district in that suit. On a motion by board member Josh Quillen, the school board decided table the action to give any other law firms the opportunity to make a presentation to represent the school district.
Local attorney Crystal Jessee addressed the County School Board at their meeting earlier in the evening, asking that board to consider her firm to represent the county schools in the suit.
The city board will discuss the issue again at their December meeting. The county school board also will have further discussions about their participation and representation at a later date. Both boards and presentations pointed out that there is no cost of joining the suit. Jessee told the county board that attorney fees are only paid if the suit is successful, and then are either paid by the defendant or from one-third of the settlement.
