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of course the first opioid case to go to trial in oklahoma resulted in a verdict last month. johnson & johnson is liable and must pay $572 million. interesting before that trial began, purdue pharma associated a settlement of $270 million. important developments. we are going to stay on this. thanks so much. breaking overnight, new controversy surrounding the new england patriots. a former trainer for new patriots wide receiver antonio brown has accused him of rape in a federal civil lawsuit filed in florida. the allegations of rape and sexual assault come just one day after brown was signed by the patriots after being released by the oakland raiders. joining us now, cnn sports analyst christine brynn. christine, here we are again. we ve had these conversations before. this complaint from this woman against antonio brown is
and alcohol in his system. skaggs family has retained a lawyer to investigate how he came into the possession of those drugs. johnson & johnson was ordered to pay $572 million to the state of oklahoma for their role in that state s opoid crisis. oklahoma judge ruled that the company intentionally played down the risks associated with opioids. this week news that purdue fa pharmaceuticals is offering $10 to $20 billion to settle lawsuits linked to the opoid crisis across the country. they have denied the allegations laid out in those lawsuits. when we return, what to watch for in the week ahead as hurricane dorian continues to churn off our coast. g, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a three-ring fender bender.
skaggs rocked the baseball community in early july and now a medical examiner says skaggs died with oxycodone, fentanyl and alcohol in his system. skaggs family now one of so many across the u.s. searching for answers as retained a lawyer to investigate how skaggs came into the possession of those drugs. that news came during a week in which johnson & johnson was ordered to pay $572 million to the state of oklahoma for their role in that state s opioid crisis. oklahoma judge thad balkman ruled the company intentionally played down the risk of opioids. and purdue pharmaceuticals is offering between 10 and $12 billion to settle more than 2,000 lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis across the country. purdue pharma and its owners, the sackler family have dienied the all those lawsuits. when we return, what to watch
week ordered johnson & johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis, siding with state attorney general mike hunter who claimed that the drugmaker aggressively marketed opioids to doctors while repeatedly downplaying the risks of addiction. those sales practice, the state argued, led to an oversupply of the painkillers and created a public nuisance. a legal argument and ruling that could have far-reaching and maybe dangerous consequences. we re back with our panel. allysia, you wrote critically about this ruling, why? for one, johnson & johnson s products only make up 1% of the market in oklahoma and nationally. they produced a crush-resistant pill as well as a fentanyl patch. these are not things, these are not products that can be easily abused by, you know, people using drugs. and first of all, they also have to be prescribed by doctors,