Lawyers from four South Florida firms for the city of Fort Lauderdale filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against dozens of pharmaceutical companies, alleging their corporate greed contributed to skyrocketing opioid-related deaths in the city.

Attorneys from Miami, Boca Raton, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale are handling the case from Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm; Morgan & Morgan; Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd; and Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert.