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(The Guardian) Purdue Pharma calls supreme court decision ‘heart crushing’
In a statement following the supreme court’s Harrington v Purdue Pharma decision, the company described the ruling as “heart-crushing”.
Members of the Sackler family branches who own Purdue suggested they plan return to negotiations. A statement to AP reads: While we are confident that we would prevail in any future litigation given the profound misrepresentations about our families and the opioid crisis, we continue to believe that a swift negotiated agreement to provide billions of dollars for people and communities in need is the best way forward.
Edward Neiger, a lawyer representing more than 60,000 overdose victims, said the court’s decision was a major setback. -- “The Purdue plan was a victim-centered plan that would provide billions of dollars to the states to be used exclusively to abate the opioid crisis and $750m for victims of the crisis, so that they could begin to rebuild their lives,” Neiger said in a statement. As a result of the senseless three-year crusade by the government against the plan, thousands of people died of overdose, and today’s decision will lead to more needless overdose deaths.
Opponents of the Purdue Pharma settlement praised the court’s decision, while some called on the justice department to seek criminal charges against members of the Sackler family.
Mike Quinn, who represents Ellen Isaacs, whose son Ryan died after becoming dependent on Oxycontin and who filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs in the supreme court case, said: This is a victory for all Americans – a victory for everybody that wealthy wrong-doers don’t have the right to receive liability and write the law, that anybody can stand up against them and protect their rights under the constitution.
Ed Bisch, whose son Eddie died from an overdose after taking OxyContin, said he would have accepted the deal if he thought it would have made a dent in the opioid crisis. A statement to AP read: This is a step toward justice. It was outrageous what they were trying to get away with. They have made a mockery of the justice system and then they tried to make a mockery of the bankruptcy system.”
In a statement following the supreme court’s Harrington v Purdue Pharma decision, the company described the ruling as “heart-crushing”.
Members of the Sackler family branches who own Purdue suggested they plan return to negotiations. A statement to AP reads: While we are confident that we would prevail in any future litigation given the profound misrepresentations about our families and the opioid crisis, we continue to believe that a swift negotiated agreement to provide billions of dollars for people and communities in need is the best way forward.
Edward Neiger, a lawyer representing more than 60,000 overdose victims, said the court’s decision was a major setback. -- “The Purdue plan was a victim-centered plan that would provide billions of dollars to the states to be used exclusively to abate the opioid crisis and $750m for victims of the crisis, so that they could begin to rebuild their lives,” Neiger said in a statement. As a result of the senseless three-year crusade by the government against the plan, thousands of people died of overdose, and today’s decision will lead to more needless overdose deaths.
Opponents of the Purdue Pharma settlement praised the court’s decision, while some called on the justice department to seek criminal charges against members of the Sackler family.
Mike Quinn, who represents Ellen Isaacs, whose son Ryan died after becoming dependent on Oxycontin and who filed a brief in support of the plaintiffs in the supreme court case, said: This is a victory for all Americans – a victory for everybody that wealthy wrong-doers don’t have the right to receive liability and write the law, that anybody can stand up against them and protect their rights under the constitution.
Ed Bisch, whose son Eddie died from an overdose after taking OxyContin, said he would have accepted the deal if he thought it would have made a dent in the opioid crisis. A statement to AP read: This is a step toward justice. It was outrageous what they were trying to get away with. They have made a mockery of the justice system and then they tried to make a mockery of the bankruptcy system.”
