being with us this morning. you just heard sabrina strong from johnson & johnson make the case that is up to the doctor to prescribe these medications, up to the doctor, johnson & johnson did give these drugs to people didn t give these drugs to the people, the doctor did. what s your response to that? first, alisyn, i thought you did a great job with that. sounds like you have a pretty good mastery of the facts here. i have been in court with johnson & johnson and mrs. strong for the better part of two years, and it s really sad to me to see that even today, after a judge has found their company responsible, they re still perpetuating the same lies this company has told for 20 years. she said no doctor in oklahoma ever came in and said that they were influenced by this company. that s not true. they had a prominent doctor here in oklahoma that they paid $10,000 a day to come in and
when they get in front of juries. this was a judge trial, and so the verdict was a little bit over $500 million. watch what happens when a jury w a lot of sympathy for all of these families get their hands on this case. monster verdicts down the road here. which is why it may never get to a jury in some cases. we should note this case in ohio, a huge federal case begins, what, in october. and there are cases pending in new york, i will tell you, that have been filed on behalf of counties throughout new york state and unions and other entities that were damaged by these horrible opioid deaths and this epidemic. thank you very much for being with us this morning. coming up in our next hour, we are going to speak to attorneys on both sides in this case. sabrina strong who represents johnson & johnson, and brad beckworth who led the state of oklahoma, who led with one of the lead plaintiffs on the other side. meanwhile, we have breaking weather news. puerto rico and part of the dom