HARRISBURG – As a result of a joint stipulation from all parties, litigation between four plaintiffs who claimed they suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of eating black licorice and sweets manufacturer Hershey has been stayed.
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PITTSBURGH – Through an alliance of District Attorney Stephen Zappala and private lawyers, Allegheny County has filed suit against 10 different drug manufacturers, for damages connected to both the companies’ alleged false marketing of opioid drugs and the county’s combating the use and abuse of opioids.
Allegheny County filed suit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 3 versus Allergan, Cephalon, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals, Endo, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp.
“Fueled by dangerous prescription opioid drugs, Allegheny County, like many other cities, counties and states across the country, is now engulfed in an opioid epidemic, which has led to a public health and safety crisis of an unprecedented and disastrous nature,” the suit says.