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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
Johnson & Johnson has reached a tentative settlement in Ohio in response to a federal lawsuit over the nation’s opioid epidemic, The Washington Post reports. The health-care giant will pay $10 million to Cuyahoga and Summit counties, Ohio,… Read More
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
Following a record verdict in a trial in Missouri, litigation against Johnson & Johnson over its talcum powder ended in a mistrial in California. “A state judge in Pasadena, California, declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked on… Read More
Johnson & Johnson has sustained another major judicial loss in its defense of its talcum powder product. On Aug. 22, the New York Times reported, “In what may be the largest award so far in a lawsuit tying… Read More
