CONWAY — A second attorney approached selectmen Tuesday asking if they want to sue opioid manufacturers over the costs the town incurred from the drug addiction crisis that has spread through the Granite State in recent years.
In May, attorney Robert Bonsignore of Bonsignore Trial Lawyers, with offices in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Nevada, came to the Conway selectmen’s meeting to pitch the lawsuit.
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