Jul 22, 2021
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that he formally rejected a proposed settlement with opioid distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, and Johnson & Johnson. The Attorney General’s Office has been litigating against these companies for years. Trial against McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen begins in King County Superior Court on September 7. Ferguson’s trial against Johnson & Johnson is scheduled to begin in King County Superior Court in January 2022.
King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott rejected the opioid distributors’ attempt to delay the trial. He reserved the King County ceremonial courtroom for the trial.
These corporations fueled the opioid epidemic. Ferguson has stated publicly that any resolution must result in real accountability, and provide a transformative amount of money for state and local governments to address the opioid epidemic that continues to devastate Washington families.
Four drug firms agree to pay $26bn in proposed US opioid settlement
published : 22 Jul 2021 at 07:45 The opioids epidemic in the United States has caused more than 500,000 deaths in the last 20 years.
NEW YORK: Prosecutors from several US states on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping proposed settlement under which four pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the country s opioid epidemic would pay up to $26 billion to resolve thousands of claims in federal and state courts.
Under the proposed agreement, three drug distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen along with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, would pay to resolve some 4,000 claims as well as finance prevention and treatment programs, said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Jul 22, 2021
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that he formally rejected a proposed settlement with opioid distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, and Johnson & Johnson. The Attorney General’s Office has been litigating against these companies for years. Trial against McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen begins in King County Superior Court on September 7. Ferguson’s trial against Johnson & Johnson is scheduled to begin in King County Superior Court in January 2022.
King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott rejected the opioid distributors’ attempt to delay the trial. He reserved the King County ceremonial courtroom for the trial.
These corporations fueled the opioid epidemic. Ferguson has stated publicly that any resolution must result in real accountability, and provide a transformative amount of money for state and local governments to address the opioid epidemic that continues to devastate Washington families.
Jul 22, 2021
Attorney General Bob Ferguson today announced that he formally rejected a proposed settlement with opioid distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, and Johnson & Johnson. The Attorney General’s Office has been litigating against these companies for years. Trial against McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen begins in King County Superior Court on September 7. Ferguson’s trial against Johnson & Johnson is scheduled to begin in King County Superior Court in January 2022.
King County Superior Court Judge Michael Scott rejected the opioid distributors’ attempt to delay the trial. He reserved the King County ceremonial courtroom for the trial.
These corporations fueled the opioid epidemic. Ferguson has stated publicly that any resolution must result in real accountability, and provide a transformative amount of money for state and local governments to address the opioid epidemic that continues to devastate Washington families.
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