Newsroom category: Mass Torts News

City of Cleveland Files Insulin Price Fixing Lawsuit

July 28, 2023

On Monday, July 24, 2023, the City of Cleveland filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMS). The City alleges the defendants artificially inflated the price of insulin at the expense of self-funded health plans and their members and beneficiaries. According to a release from the Cleveland Office of the Mayor, defendants […]

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$500 Million Opioids Settlement Secured from Walgreens

June 13, 2023

Heavy-hitter mass torts law firm Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) proudly announced a $500-million settlement agreement with Walgreens, the pharmaceutical giant accused of recklessly dispensing opioids and, in so doing, facilitating the State of New Mexico’s opioid crisis. “The New Mexico settlement is one of the largest separate settlements ever obtained from a single opioid defendant […]

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National and State Opioid Settlements: Trailblazer Law Firm in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation Tells Its Story

June 13, 2023

Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR), the heavy-hitter mass torts law firm that has marched at the forefront of the national prescription opiates addiction litigation brought by a consortium of law firms nationwide, is pleased to announce a nationwide opioid settlement agreement with pharma companies that caused a national addiction crisis. Walgreens, CVS, Walmart, Teva, and Allergan […]

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