Oklahoma judge rules against Johnson & Johnson in opioid trial

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Oklahoma Judge Thad Balkman issued a ruling Monday in the state’s landmark case against Johnson & Johnson over the drugmaker’s role in the opioid crisis.

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Calling the opioid crisis an “imminent danger and menace,” District Judge Thad Balkman said. “The state meant its burden that the defendants Janssen and Johnson & Johnson’s misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance as defined by (the law), including a finding that those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of Oklahomans.”

 

[TwinIon]

Of the three defendants in the case, two settled without admitting wrongdoing, and one got a fine at the bottom end of the scale ($500M-$5B). I'm certainly glad J&J didn't win, but it's a hollow victory. I guess we'll have to see how it affects other similar lawsuits.