Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain's pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with hundreds of millions of doses of addictive painkillers.

Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said Thursday. The state will use the money it is getting in its settlement with The Kroger Co.

Kroger will pay to settle claims it helped fuel Kentucky’s opioid crisis. It's an effort to hold businesses accountable for their role.

Coleman's office said the event at the Life Learning Center will reveal one of the largest opioid settlements in recent Kentucky history.