On November 9, 2021, by a five-to-one vote, the Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned a $465 million opioid public nuisance judgement that had been rendered in favor of the State of Oklahoma and against Johnson & Johnson by a state court judge following a bench trial.
Yesterday, the first bellwether trial in the opioid MDL came to a close with a jury verdict that favors plaintiffs. Ohio’s Lake and Trumbull counties sued CVS, Giant Eagle, Walgreens, and Walmart, arguing the pharmacies drove the opioid crises by oversupplying opioids.
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Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 21 The Chicago Tribune on the aftershocks of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict: What a