California AG Rob Bonta: “The victims of this crisis deserve justice and they should have the option to take Purdue to court for it.”
Members of the billionaire Sackler family will be protected from current and future lawsuits over their role in their Purdue Pharma’s opioid business, a New York court of appeals ruled Tuesday.
The settlement between the Sacklers and eight states, as well as the District of Columbia, was initially agreed upon in March. from physical buildings or programs and scholarships, as long as the Sacklers are notified and public statements announcing the name removal do not “disparage” the family.“Our focus going forward is to deliver billions of dollars of value for victim compensation, opioid crisis abatement, and overdose rescue medicines.
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