A Los Angeles County jury awarded both punitive and compensatory damages to a woman who sued her insurance provider alleging that delays in its approval of her care led to her becoming addicted to opioids.
The patient had been made to wait for months on end for a surgical procedure to correct a condition that put her in constant and intense ...
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A case in front of the United States Supreme Court is currently exploring a difficult question. The issue at hand stems from the prior convictions of two medical doctors for narcotics violations when they were found to have been using their medical licenses to deal in opioids and other strong painkillers.
Xiulu Ruan and Shakeel Kahn had been found by lower juries to have been ...
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It doesn’t take a long memory to recall a time when Johnson & Johnson might have been one of the most trusted pharmaceutical and health care brands in the world. The company’s marketing was the epitome of wholesomeness – adorable babies, “No Tears” shampoos, healthy families, “ouchless” Band-Aids. Throw in a slice of apple pie and its public relations campaigns were nothing short ...
One of the nation’s first opioid trials is being heard in West Virginia as the state seeks to hold three pharmaceutical corporations responsible for their role in decimating its families and towns by flooding them with powerful narcotics. Huntington and the surrounding county of Cabell have sued AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corp. and accused them of taking a bad situation and intentionally ...
Four California counties are demanding $50 billion from Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Endo International Plc, and Allergan Plc for their roles in marketing and distributing powerful opioid narcotics throughout their communities. And, as thousands of other municipalities and localities wait to have their own days in court to hold pharmaceutical manufacturers responsible, both sides are paying very close attention to what happens in the California ...
A ruling by the Tennessee Supreme Court makes it possible to sue opioid manufacturers under the state’s Drug Dealer Liability Act. The ruling clears the way for a lawsuit to proceed that had been filed on behalf of children that were born addicted to opioids. “If the Baby Doe plaintiffs prove their allegations at trial, a jury could reasonably conclude ...
