Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., center, leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic.
A New York judge has allowed a group of consolidated cases brought by several counties and cities in New York to pursue claims against the Sackler family in order to recoup millions of dollars in costs tied to the opioid crisis.
In a ruling Friday, Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo found two cities and 31 counties had alleged sufficient facts to move forward against the Sacklers on their claims, which include public nuisance, negligence, fraud and New York’s consumer fraud and false advertising laws.
