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Judge In Opioid Trial Rules Johnson & Johnson Must Pay Oklahoma $572 Million
by applewood

    Judge Thad Balkman delivered his decision from the bench, after presiding over a seven week civil trial in the college town of Norman, Okla.

    "Defendants caused an opioid crisis that is evidenced by increased rates of addiction, overdose deaths and neonatal abstinence syndrome in Oklahoma," Judge Balkman said in the ruling.

    Johnson & Johnson immediately released a statement saying that the company "plans to appeal the opioid judgment in Oklahoma."