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Opioid Victims Have a Settlement. Will the Supreme Court Undo It?

Opioid Victims Have a Settlement. Will the Supreme Court Undo It?

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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The opioid epidemic has been one of the biggest public health
disasters in generations. The drug company at the heart of the
crisis, Purdue Pharma, maker of the prescription painkiller
OxyContin, agreed to a multibillion-dollar deal to settle
thousands of claims against it — but that agreement would also
grant the family behind the company, the Sacklers, immunity from
additional civil lawsuits.

Justices are now set to rule whether that settlement was legal.
Abbie VanSickle, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times,
explains what a decision either way could mean for the victims
and for the people responsible.

Guest: Abbie VanSickle, a Supreme Court correspondent for The New
York Times.

Background reading:

What to know about the Purdue Pharma case before the Supreme
Court.

At the core of the matter: Who can get immunity in
settlements?

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