Oklahoma Judge To Rule In Landmark Opioid Case
Oklahoma has argued that the drugmaker's marketing of painkillers contributed to thousands of overdose deaths and other harms in the state and is asking for a multibillion-dollar award.
by Jackie Fortier
Aug 26, 2019
2 minutes
An Oklahoma judge will announce a verdict Monday in the state's multibillion-dollar case against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson. The case is being closely watched to see if a court is prepared to hold a pharmaceutical company responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis that took more than 47,000 American lives in .
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