Supreme Court Weighs Purdue Pharma’s $6 Billion Opioid Settlement

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Supreme Court Weighs Purdue Pharma’s $6 Billion Opioid Settlement

Supreme Court Weighs Purdue Pharma’s $6 Billion Opioid Settlement

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Published 05 Dec 2023

WASHINGTON—Supreme Court justices wrestled Monday with the uncomfortable bargain struck between most victims of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma promoted the addictive painkiller OxyContin: providing timely compensation for survivors in exchange for granting the…

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