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Michigan AG: Drug law affects opioid case, clergy probe to go longer

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel attends an event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in Clawson, Mich. Nessel says she will move next month to decommission a Great Lakes oil pipeline if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cannot resolve the issue with operator Enbridge. The Democrat spoke on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at the Detroit Regional Chamber's policy conference on Mackinac Island, near where where Line 5 runs under the Straits of Mackinac. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya File)

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Attorney General Dana Nessel says lawmakers should revisit Michigan’s unique law that shields drugmakers from product liability lawsuits.

She said that the 1995 law has “absolutely” affected her strategy to seek damages for the painkiller addiction epidemic.

Her office has sued four major opioid distributors.

The state has not filed suit against drug manufacturers over the crisis, though it is involved in multi-state settlement talks with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

Nessel also says it will take longer than anticipated to finish an investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

She says there are millions of documents to review.

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