An Oklahoma judge found Johnson & Johnson guilty in fueling the state's opioid crises and ordered the corporation to pay $572 million in a landmark ruling with vast implications. The ruling by Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman in Norman in favor of the state against Johnson & Johnson is one of the biggest monetary awards in U.S. history.
In making his ruling, Judge Balkman said Johnson & Johnson bears responsibility for helping to fuel the state's opioid epidemic by aggressively marketing painkillers. Judge Balkman took about a month to make this judgement after a seven-week trial.
"We showed how the company repeatedly ignored warnings by the federal governments and its own scientific advisers about the dangers of its drugs and the risks of marketing its products the way it did," said Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter during a press conference on Monday. "We have proven that Johnson & Johnson have built its billion dollar brand out of greed and on the backs of pain and suffering of innocent people."
A brief statement by Johnson & Johnson said, "Johnson & Johnson plans to appeal the opioid judgment in Oklahoma."
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DeleteUnder the rational in the decision, who is responsible for marijuana addiction which leads to heroin and prescription pill abuse? This is a known fact for decades and the States and Politians pass usage laws of marijuana which is also been labeled as a medicinal usage, the same as these opioids. Are the Courts, States and Politians going to deny these facts and be hypocritical?
ReplyDeleteI've got news for you. There is no proof that prescription opioids didn't lead to Bubba sticking a needle in his arm and injecting heroin. There are way too many lawsuits which like this are frivolous.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of big business lovers on this thread. I’m surprised that Salisburians would defend Big Pharma in the opioid epidemic.
ReplyDeleteGranted, the US Government, Military, and CIA had a hand in it too. But golly Moses . . . Isn’t it obvious that the population has been preyed upon by intelligence operations and big corporations?
Wake up folks
Defend those who are weak
Pray for those who are in sin
There are a lot of big business lovers on this thread. I’m surprised that Salisburians would defend Big Pharma in the opioid epidemic.
ReplyDeleteGranted, the US Government, Military, and CIA had a hand in it too. But golly Moses . . . Isn’t it obvious that the population has been preyed upon by intelligence operations and big corporations?
Wake up folks
Defend those who are weak
Pray for those who are in sin
This fine is a pittance.
ReplyDeleteThe courts protect elite corporations
Facism at its simplest form
JNJ is worth 342.142 Billion dollars as of the market close yesterday. That would be like most of us paying a parking ticket. Chairman/CEO at JOHNSON & JOHNSON, Alex Gorsky made $20,097,572 in total compensation last year (not bad). Next the big boys at the top are not going to lose one thin dime out of any of their paychecks. So maybe this should be approached a different way.
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