PARMA, Ohio -- The city of Parma is filing a lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioids that are destroying communities across Northeast Ohio.

The state, which leads the country in opioid deaths, is suing five pharma companies because of the epidemic. Cities such as Dayton and Lorain are also suing.

There have been 137 overdoses in Parma in 2017. Eight of them were fatal, according to data from Parma police.

Parma's lawsuit will seek to reimburse the city for "all of its expenses and other effects of the fraudulent and deceptive marketing and negligent distribution of prescription opioids medications," says a press release from Napoli Shkolnik, which will work with Cleveland law firm Climaco, Wilcox, Peca & Garofoli, Co.

Over Memorial Day weekend the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office was full, spokesman Chris Harris said.

The medical examiner's office has not used its mobile morgue, but that doesn't mean running out of room is not a concern.

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