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18 States Reach $5.7B Opioid Settlement With Walgreens

Categories: Settlements

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, together with 17 other state attorneys general, announced a $5.7 billion settlement deal with pharmaceutical chain Walgreens for their alleged role in the…

N.H. To Get $15M In Opioid Settlement From Walmart

Categories: Settlements

New Hampshire's Attorney General said that he has agreed to join a nationwide settlement with Walmart to resolve charges that the firm contributed to the opioid addiction issue by…

Study: Low Risk On Using Philips' CPAP and BiPAP Machines

Categories: General

Philips has completed safety studies on several of its equipment nearly two years after first publicly raising concerns about the possible disintegration of the polyester-based polyurethane foam included in many of its…

SC To Get $242M New Opioid Settlement

Categories: Settlements

The Attorney General of South Carolina has agreed to settlements with Teva, Allergan, CVS, and Walgreens for their participation in the opioid crisis.

These corporations have…

Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2023-January-2

Categories: General

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of opioids.

Cities & Counties In FL Sues McKinsey Over Opioid Crisis

Categories: Settlements

Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of…

California To Get $470M From CVS In Opioid Settlement

Categories: Settlements

A multistate settlement with CVS over charges that the drugstore corporation contributed to the country's opioid problem is likely to pay California around $470 million.

Last…

$6M For UMSL Addiction Science Team To Fight Mo. Opioid Crisis

Categories: Settlements

The Addiction Science Team at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will receive around $6 million to enhance its statewide training and delivery of opioid overdose reversal medicine…

Family Of A Mistakenly Shot Teen By NYPD Officers Gets $3M

Categories: Settlements

The city of New York will pay $3 million to the mother of a mentally ill kid who was slain in a hail of police bullets after cops mistook a hairbrush for a rifle.

Five officers fired 20 rounds at the 18-year-old kid outside his house in…

Physician Penalized With $4.2M In Claims Fraud Settlement

Categories: Settlements

A Connecticut-based physician and several of his companies have been forced to pay $4.2 million in damages for filing fraudulent claims for payment to Medicare and the state Medicaid programme for inappropriate billing and needless services.

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