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  • San Francisco: The Latest To Sue Opioid Pharma Companies San Francisco: The Latest To Sue Opioid Pharma Companies
    12/20/2021 - 08:48
    San Francisco is the latest to sue a slew of prescription drugmakers and distributors alleging that they went against the federal laws by marketing opioids as safe to use drugs. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit on…
  • Companies To Pay $1.25B Over Opioid Suits In West Virginia Companies To Pay $1.25B Over Opioid Suits In West Virginia
    12/15/2021 - 14:18
    In a proposed settlement, Communities in West Virginia said that they would get $1.25 billion from the defendants, which would help end most of the litigation stemming from the opioid crisis in the state.The companies are looking forward to…
  • Walmart Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Opioid MDL Walmart Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Opioid MDL
    12/09/2021 - 09:05
    Walmart is now listed as one of the defendants in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) in Ohio with allegations that Walmart’s pharmacies improperly distributed opioids fueling the nationwide epidemic.The MDL includes more than 2,000 opioid-…
  • W.VA Claims Opioid Manufacturers Fueled The Opioid Epidemic W.VA Claims Opioid Manufacturers Fueled The Opioid Epidemic
    12/06/2021 - 13:05
    The first opioid crisis trial started in the federal court on May 3, 2021, where the communities of West Virginia claimed that narcotic painkiller manufacturers are responsible for numerous deaths across the country due to opioids.West…
  • Cherokee Nation Gets $75M To Deal With Opioid Crisis Cherokee Nation Gets $75M To Deal With Opioid Crisis
    12/06/2021 - 11:18
    Three major drug distributors namely AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson will pay $75 million to Cherokee Nation over six-and-a-half years to resolve opioid-related claims.In April 2017, Cherokee Nation sued the distributors for…
  • Opioid MDL Approved; Purdue May Opt Global Settlement Opioid MDL Approved; Purdue May Opt Global Settlement
    12/15/2021 - 08:57
    On December 5, 2017, a formal nod came in for the formation of Opioid MDL: 2804 by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. To promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation and for the convenience of the parties and…
  • An Opiate Lawsuit Filed By 14 Prosecutors Tossed An Opiate Lawsuit Filed By 14 Prosecutors Tossed
    12/20/2021 - 08:13
    Last month, a Tennessee judge dismissed a lawsuit that labeled Big Pharma opioid manufacturers as drug dealers of opioids. This is the result of lawsuits filed by 14 prosecutors of 47 Middle and East Tennessee counties against several…
  • Teva's $85M Opioid Settlement Hits Another Checkpoint Teva's $85M Opioid Settlement Hits Another Checkpoint
    12/21/2021 - 11:57
    Teva's $85 million opioid lawsuit settlement approval has been declined by an Oklahoma judge until it complies to a new law governing how state-involved settlements are paid before it will be approved.The suit is the nation's first trial…
  • Delaware AG Allowed To Proceed With Opioid Lawsuit Delaware AG Allowed To Proceed With Opioid Lawsuit
    12/20/2021 - 12:12
    In an opinion issued on February 4, 2019, Superior Judge Mary M. Johnston gave a green signal to Delaware Attorney General to pursue claims against drug manufacturers who downplayed the addictive nature of opioids.According to Judge…
  • Sackler Family Attempts To Toss Massachusetts Opioid Lawsuit Sackler Family Attempts To Toss Massachusetts Opioid Lawsuit
    12/21/2021 - 07:51
    Purdue Pharma LP's owners, the billionaire Sackler family, asked a Massachusetts judge to dismiss state Attorney General Maura Healey’s lawsuit which blames them for the national opioid crisis.In her 300-page complaint, attorney Healey…