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FILE - Jen Trejo holds a photo of her son Christopher as she is comforted outside the Supreme Court Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

NEW YORK – Lawyers representing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, branches of the Sackler family that own it, cities, states, counties, Native American tribes, people with addiction and others across the U.S. are expected to deliver a nearly unanimous message for a bankruptcy court judge Friday: Approve a plan to settle thousands of opioid-related lawsuits against the company.

If U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane abides, it will close a long chapter — and maybe the entire book — on a legal odyssey over efforts to hold the company to account for its role in an opi

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