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Push civic shipping spat to rob hooped of i. C. s and standing by to help us clarify the state of the trade war yet another great show is right at the start whats the secret to our Business Model paul you lets go. We lead our global report today with a groundbreaking decision against pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson an oklahoma judge ruled monday that johnson and johnson must pay a 572000000. 00 fine for its role in the states Opioid Crisis Cleveland County district judge that baldwin had this to say about the ruling. You are trying to this is an imminent danger and in this to influence my judgment includes findings of fact lucians along the state met its burden and defended its. Johnson and johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of a few is created a distance as defined by studio as section one including. Those actions compromised health and safety of thousands of homes. Following the ruling the pharmaceutical promised to appeal i mean that the company did not cause a Pub
A 572000000. 00 fine for its role in the states Opioid Crisis Cleveland County district judge that baldwin had this to say about the ruling. If you are trying to this is an imminent danger and this too is loehmanns my judgment includes findings of fact lucians along the state met its burden. Johnson and johnson and johnsons misleading marketing and promotion of a few is created a distance as defined by studio as section one including. Those actions compromised health and safety of thousands of homes. Following the ruling the pharmaceutical promised to appeal i mean that the company did not cause a Public Health epidemic in the state for more details on this procedure in setting ruling and what it means for johnson and johnson and overall opioid up a demick we are fortunate to be joined by molly barrows contributor at americas lawyer now molly what does this mean for the fight against Opioid Epidemic moving forward is this is a good person as it seems. Absolutely its a huge deal for so
Sell the drugs are partly to blame for the Opioid Health crisis 48. 00 states plus around 2000 local tribal governments filed lawsuits against companies in the drug industry and as you know this epidemic has killed more than 400000 people across the country since 2000 and thats according to the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention so Public Health Officials Say this is a public Health Crisis an epidemic and states across the country watch this trial knowing that it indeed would be a template for their own cases and so basically plaintiffs attorneys see this as a big win judges supporting what they have said has happened all along the pharmaceutical companies created this crisis by hiring doctors and scientists that they knew were willing to lie and they built glut into their Business Plan you heard about the millions of pills that are basically being pumped into communities across the country well they were well aware that a small city cant absorb a 1000000 pills every year
Lawyer now molly what does this mean for the fight against the Opioid Epidemic moving forward is this is as big a problem as it seems. Absolutely its its a huge deal for so many other cases that are pending against big pharma over this very issue so this is the 1st major legal decision daniel against a drug maker for its role in the Opioid Crisis the oklahoma trial is being watched closely by nearly every other state in the country along with thousands of other municipalities who have filed against big pharma over this crisis and this ruling is a positive sign for other plaintiffs attorneys who are making similar arguments to those that were made in the oklahoma case essentially that those who distribute and sell the drugs are partly to blame for the Opioid Health crisis 48. 00 states plus around 2000 local tribal governments filed lawsuits against companies in the drug industry and as you know this epidemic has killed more than 400000 people across the country since 2000 and thats acc