Category: Opioid Crisis

Companies, Ohio counties reach $260 million settlement over opioid crisis

Four pharmaceutical companies have reached a $260 million settlement in response to the national opioid epidemic. The settlement, announced on Oct. 21, was reached on the eve of a first-of-its-kind federal trial, CNN reports. The settlement totaling $260… Read More

Okla. judge orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for opioid crisis

Johnson & Johnson must pay the state of Oklahoma $572 million in the first opioid-related state case to go to trial. Cleveland County (Okla.) District Judge Thad Balkman found the pharmaceutical company responsible for the opioid crisis in… Read More