The rulings come after the first trial in the nation over the opioid crisis ended last week with a $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson..
A federal judge has refused to toss claims that a host of pharmaceutical companies caused the opioid crisis.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of the Northern District of Ohio issued the order, along with several others, Tuesday, in preparation for the first federal trial in the nation, scheduled for Oct. 21 in Cleveland. The orders are among numerous summary judgment rulings the judge has issued ahead of the trial, in which a jury must decide a case brought by two Ohio counties against more than a dozen opioid companies, including Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma and McKesson Corp.
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Amanda Bronstad
Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
