A drug dealer who sold a fentanyl-laced pill is liable for $5.8 million in the death of the woman to whom he sold it.

Attorney for the family of Alexandra Capelouto, the woman whose death inspired the proposed Alexandra’s Law, calls the bankruptcy court judgment a landmark decision.

A Brown County man plans to plead guilty to selling fentanyl which resulted in someone dying. 29-year-old Carlin Mellette has signed federal court papers admitting to the crime. In February of last year,