The 7-week trial came to a close Monday. The case could provide a blue print for the nearly 2,000 other pending cases like it across the country.
Oklahoma’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Janssen is now in the hands of a judge.
Lawyers for the state referred to the company as a “kingpin” and “cartel” that fueled the crisis through deceptive marketing to doctors by claiming opioids were “safe and effective for every day pain.” Perhaps the most powerful moment for the state came when it replayed testimony from Tonya Ratcliff, who is a foster mother to babies born addicted to opioids.
For its part Johnson & Johnson argued that the state failed to meet its burden of proof that the company was responsible for the opioid crisis. Defense attorney Larry Ottaway said Johnson & Johnson’s market share in Oklahoma was less than 1% at the height of the epidemic.
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