California Opens Trial Targeting Opioid Marketing. Plus: LA's First In-Person Jury Trial of Pandemic Era Ends in Talc Verdict for Plaintiffs
Three counties and one city are asking for more than $50 billion in damages against four drug manufacturers
April 21, 2021 at 03:01 PM
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Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com's weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. In the second opioid trial in the nation, it was California v. the pharmaceutical manufacturers. The first pandemic-era civil jury in LA Superior Court came out with a $4.8 million verdict. More defense attorneys appeared in class actions over Accellion's data breaches.
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$50 Billion Opioid Trial Opens in California
The second trial in the nation over the opioid addiction crisis opened on Monday in California, where three counties and one city are asking for more than $50 billion against four drug manufacturers.
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