Sackler Family Asks Judge to Toss Massachusetts Opioid Suit April 3, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma LP says Massachusetts officials can’t prove that it or other directors masterminded the...
2nd Circuit Uphold’s Defeat of Harassment Suit Against Gay Dating App March 29, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. federal appeals court refused to hold Grindr liable to a New York man who said his former boyfriend...
N.Y. Accuses Opioid Maker Purdue of Illegal Fund Transfers to Sacklers March 29, 2019 By Nate Raymond Purdue Pharma LP fraudulently transferred funds to members of the wealthy Sackler family who control the OxyContin maker despite knowing...
Boeing Sued by Passenger Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash March 29, 2019 By Peter Blumberg and Janan Hanna Boeing Co. was sued on behalf of a passenger killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight over claims...
Vermont Sues 2 Prescription Opioid Distributors March 28, 2019 By Lisa Rathke BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two pharmaceutical distributors, accusing them of selling ever-increasing amounts of prescription...
Sackler Family Sued by New York Over Opioid `Catastrophe’ March 28, 2019 By Erik Larson Purdue Pharma LP and its billionaire owners, the Sackler family, were sued by New York state for triggering an addiction...
Suit: Weather Channel’s Reckless ‘Storm Wranglers’ Caused Deadly Crash March 28, 2019 By Jim Sams Photo courtesy of Robert A. Ball The mother of a Texas man who was killed when his vehicle collided with...
Purdue to Pay $270M to Settle Okla. Opioid Lawsuit March 26, 2019 By Jef Feeley Purdue Pharma LP and the Sackler family will pay $270 million to settle Oklahoma’s claims that illegal marketing of the...
Sackler Family Accused in New Claim of Causing Opioid Crisis March 22, 2019 By Jef Feeley The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused in a new lawsuit of causing the nationwide...
Settlement Reached in Suit over Mo. Duck Boat Accident March 13, 2019 The company that owned a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake has reached a settlement with relatives of...