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Thousand of lawsuits filed across the U S against drug distributors relating to opioid epidemic

Thousand of lawsuits filed across the U.S. against drug distributors relating to opioid epidemic A trial in West Virginia is underway and last updated 2021-05-11 18:10:17-04 Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against drug distributors seeking accountability in the opioid epidemic. A trial currently underway in West Virginia could set the tone for other cases moving forward. “We have been ground zero. It’s no secret we’re number one in overdose deaths, and recent reports from the National Office of Drug Control Policy indicate that overdose deaths are up across the country. But in West Virginia, they re up by 45 percent just in this last year,” Dr. Susan Bissett, President of the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, said.

School bus drivers sue NY to keep unemployment money

School bus drivers sue NY to keep unemployment money Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Several school bus drivers in the Greece Central School District have filed a federal lawsuit regarding unemployment benefits that ultimately could impact countless other school employees across New York. The bus drivers received unemployment benefits last summer, when summer school was canceled and the course of COVID-19 was far from clear. Early this year, though, the state Department of Labor informed them that they did not in fact qualify for those benefits and would have to pay them back, in sums ranging from $4,200 to $8,200. The lawsuit, filed against the state last week in federal court, calls that a misreading of labor law and asks a judge to recognize a wide class of possibly affected employees: namely, all non-educator school employees such as bus drivers, security guards and cafeteria workers who may have sought unemployment benefits last summer and been denied.

Joseline A Peña-Melnyk

Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk  District 21  Born in the Dominican Republic and educated in New York with a law degree from the University of Buffalo School of Law, Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2006.  She immediately showed her keen interest in health matters by joining the legislature’s Public Health and Long-Term Care Committee and that interest has not waned in the ensuing 14-plus years.  During the 2021 General Assembly session, Peña-Melnyk co-sponsored a bill, which easily passed the House of Delegates, that declares racism a public health crisis and establishes a Maryland Commission on Health Equity. 

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