Drug Companies Win Big in Calif. Opioid Trial as Judge Rejects Public Nuisance Claim

In a tentative decision Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson found that the plaintiffs, which are three large California counties and the city of Oakland, failed to differentiate between legitimate uses of opioids, which are prescription painkillers, and the illegal activities that led to addictions and overdoses.

November 02, 2021 at 03:54 PM

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Products Liability

Amanda Bronstad
staff reporter

Four years after a California appeals court upheld her landmark victory against the lead paint industry, Motley Rice's Fidelma Fitzpatrick failed to persuade a California judge to hold manufacturers of opioid pharmaceuticals liable for creating a public nuisance.