An Oklahoma judge says the state's ongoing opioid drug lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson can move forward after the company demanded it be thrown out because they've been made a 'scapegoat'. District Judge Thad Balkman on Monday denied a motion from the defendant's lawyers asking him to end Oklahoma's public-nuisance lawsuit and rule in favor of Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries. An attorney for Johnson & Johnson filed a motion last week to get the case thrown out after the state rested its case. Company attorneys argued the state's case was an inappropriate use of a public-nuisance claim, typically reserved for disputes over property. The state rested its case last week after presenting its last witness, a former Johnson & Johnson sales representative.

Source: Daily Mail July 08, 2019 18:38 UTC