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Sacklers Threaten to Scrap Opioid Deal If They Aren’t Shielded From Lawsuits

posted by janrinok on Saturday September 21 2019, @10:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-must-be-on-drugs dept.

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Sacklers threaten to scrap opioid deal if they aren't shielded from lawsuits

Lawyers for OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma filed a new complaint late Wednesday threatening that the company's mega-rich owners, the Sackler family, could pull out of a proposed multi-billion-dollar opioid settlement deal if a bankruptcy judge doesn't shield the family from outstanding state lawsuits.

Purdue's lawyers argue that if the lawsuits continue, the Sacklers will have to waste "hundreds of millions of dollars" on legal costs that could otherwise go to claimants in the settlement. The family's lawyers added that in that event, the family "may be unwilling—or unable—to make the billions of dollars of contributions" to the proposed settlement.

State attorneys general, however, argue that the tactic is yet another move designed to shield the Sacklers and their ill-gotten wealth.

"This filing isn't a surprise. It's yet another effort by Purdue to avoid accountability and shield the Sackler family fortune, and we will be opposing it," Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, told the New York Times.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 22 2019, @03:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 22 2019, @03:16AM (#897000)

    15 years on fentanyl and norco. The 15 75mcg patches cost between $250-$600/month depending on whatever bug flew up the Sacklers ass. Never again.

  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday September 23 2019, @01:31AM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday September 23 2019, @01:31AM (#897338)

    These stories of people addicted to painkillers prescribed by their doctor seems to be a uniquely American thing.

    I have never heard of anyone where I come from taking opioid painkillers for longer than a couple of weeks.

    When I had a bowel resection a few years ago (holy shit! Nearly 10 years ago) I had a morphine pump for 1 day, some Tramadol for a few more days, then paracetamol.

    I am pretty sure OxyContin is not even available here.