Newsroom category: Opioids News

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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Lawsuit Aims to Compel NM Prisons to Provide Opioid Treatment

January 16, 2023

Disability Rights New Mexico (DRNM) and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to compel the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) to offer medication to prisoners suffering from opioid use disorder. The Albuquerque Journal reported on the lawsuit in December 2022. Currently, inmates addicted to fentanyl or […]

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