Sara has been an invited speaker at a Careers in Publishing & Authorship event at Michigan State University and a Reading and Writing Instructor at Sylvan Learning Center. A seasoned publishing professional, she's worked for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in content digitization, editorial, acquisitions and intellectual property. Sara is a credited freelance writer, editor, contributor, and essayist, as well as a novelist and poet with nearly twenty years of experience. Polster Considers Lawyers Proposal for Consolidated Opioid Litigation J&J Reaches Settlement Agreement with New York in Opioid Case jury urged to hold drug makers liable for U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, during a hearing in Cleveland, Ohio, said that a plan brought forth by the attorneys representing the cities and counties involved in the consolidated opioid litigation “could allow companies accused of fueling the epidemic in nearly 2,000 lawsuits before him an ability to obtain global peace.” Non-jury trials are also in progress in cases brought against the four drug makers by several counties in California, and against the three distributors in West Virginia. And more than 3,000 lawsuits have been filed in the United States against drug makers, distributors, and pharmacies across the nation. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that nearly 500,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the United States in the ten-year span from 1999 to 2019 (the last year for which data is available). Manufacturers and distributors control the valve to stop the flood of opioids. The settlement will provide certainty for involved parties and critical assistance for families and communities in need.”Īs for the jury trial, Conroy said, “Profits soared, and our communities were devastated. The company was quick to add, however, that the “settlement is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing, and the company will continue to defend against any litigation that the final agreement does not resolve. “This additional amount results from continued negotiations and is intended to maximize participation in the settlement,” J&J wrote in a statement. Also, as part of the settlement, the drug maker could pay $30 million more in the first year if New York’s “executive chamber signs into law new legislation creating an opioid settlement fund,” according to the press release from AG Letitia James’ office.
These payments will be allocated over nine years. The more than $200 million in settlement funds will be distributed according to an accelerated payment schedule to fund addiction treatment and abatement related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in New York communities who have struggled amid the epidemic.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), had also been a defendant with claims against it set to be heard, but the company recently announced it will settle to avoid trial. – failed to report suspicious opioid orders as required.” Photo by Ekaterina Bolovtsova from Pexels “The drug makers and the nation’s largest drug distributors – AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Endo International, and Abbvie Inc’s Allergan “misleadingly marketed opioid drugs as having a low addiction risk,” said Conroy to jurors.
Jayne Conroy is representing Suffolk County, Hunter Shkolnik is representing Nassau County and John Oleske is representing the state.
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The trial marks the first time governments’ claims concerning the crisis will be heard jury. Suffolk and Nassau Counties as well as New York Attorney General Letitia James are pursuing the litigation. Now, these allegations will be heard by a jury. New York state, and Suffolk and Nassau counties, have alleged that drug makers deceptively promoted addictive opioids as safe, and that distributors ignored red flags of large orders that were being diverted for illegal use. New York’s opioid case marks the first government jury trial during the epidemic.
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