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Posted on Aug 30, 2019 By David Thomas
HISTORIC DECISION This week, Judge Thad Balkman issued his much-anticipated decision in the State of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson trial. The trial was the first of its kind, pitting state ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2019 By David Thomas
BIG PHARMA GOES ON TRIAL We discussed the first case to go to trial in the Opioid Trials in our May 31, 2019 blog (see: The Beginning of the Opioid Trials). The State of Oklahoma is suing Johnson ...
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Posted on May 31, 2019 By David Thomas
THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY There is no white bronco, no ill-fitting pair of gloves, and no dream team. But there are deaths—thousands of deaths—and instead of a bloody knife, the alleged ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2019 By David Thomas
TAKING BIG PHARMA TO COURT On January 3, 2019, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr filed a lawsuit in Superior Court of Gwinnett County against opioid manufacturers and distributors for their false ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2018 By David Thomas
This blog is part of a continuing series on the opioid crisis in America. The first blog in the series was posted on January 12, 2018, and was titled: “Opioids: a Medical Malpractice ...
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