Fate of billions for opioid victims from Sacklers rests with high court
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument Monday on the remaining sticking point in the years-long effort to settle litigation against Purdue Pharma.
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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument Monday on the remaining sticking point in the years-long effort to settle litigation against Purdue Pharma.
In 2014, when the first opioid lawsuits were filed against Purdue Pharma, Tiffinee Scott’s daughter was still years away from her fatal overdose from addictive prescription painkillers, including Purdue’s OxyContin, which she was taking to manage sickle cell pain. That year, Dede Yoder’s teenage son was struggling with an addiction that began with an OxyContin prescription for a sports injury. He would die from an overdose in 2017, after attempting rehab eight times. It would be years before Gar
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