$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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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 […] Read More
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