- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland praised a federal court’s decision to invalidate Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement of thousands of lawsuits over the opioid epidemic over a provision that would protect members of the Sackler family from facing litigation of their own.
“The bankruptcy court did not have the authority to deprive victims of the opioid crisis of their right to sue the Sackler family,” Garland said in a statement. “The department remains committed to opioid abatement efforts and supporting victims of opioid abuse.”
Frank Huntley has been trying to raise awareness of opiate addiction with his sculpture “Pill Man”. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Purdue sought bankruptcy protection in 2019 as it faced thousands of lawsuits claiming the company pushed doctors to prescribe OxyContin,…
