"It's overdose deaths, it's people losing their jobs, losing their dignity. It has really ripped at the fabric of our community," said Barry Staubus, district attorney in Sullivan County Tennessee.
They claim Endo's opioid medication Opana ER was marketed aggressively in the state without proper safeguards, contributing to high rates of addiction and death. Stranch's legal team filed a series of complaints with the court about Endo's conduct in the case, which led to the judge's order.Ī controversial opioid, a devastating epidemicĪt issue is a lawsuit filed in 2017 by county prosecutors and other local government officials in eastern Tennessee.
" lawyers crossed the line and worked with the company to subvert the court's orders and then made false statements to the court about it," he said.
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In a statement emailed to NPR the company said it will appeal the judgement.īut Gerard Stranch, one of the attorneys suing the drugmaker on behalf of local governments in Tennessee, said Endo and its lawyers "conspired to hide the truth" over a period of years as the fact-finding phase of the trial proceeded. Moody in a judgment issued on April 6.Įndo denies wrongdoing. "It appears to the court that Endo and its attorneys, after delaying trial, have resorted to trying to improperly corrupt the record," wrote Chancellor E.G. The judge presiding over the civil trial also concluded the drugmaker and its attorneys made at least a dozen false statements during the pretrial fact-finding process.
A state judge in Tennessee ruled the drug company Endo Pharmaceuticals is liable for harm caused by their opioid drug, Opana ER.Ī state court in Tennessee has punished Endo Pharmaceuticals for improperly withholding a vast trove of documents relating to the sale and marketing of its opioid medication Opana ER.
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