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Aug 26, 2019 @ 8:17 PM

BREAKING NEWS: Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572M in first opioid case

A judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to Oklahoma for helping to fuel the state's opioid epidemic, in the first civic trial testing whether drugmakers could be held liable for the nation's deadly addiction crisis.

The closely watched ruling will likely have implications for a wave of similar lawsuits across the country against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/26/johnson-and-johnson-oklahoma-opioids-1475735

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