Owners of Purdue Pharma face more than 2,000 lawsuits by officials who blame prescription opioids for sparking drug crisisThe members of the multi-billionaire Sackler family who own a painkiller manufacturer and are being sued by hundreds of state and local officials as part of the opioids litigation want to settle, a leading lawyer for the family said this week. The family, she said, in the first public disclosure indicating the family’s stance on the opioids litigation, want to settle. “And getting all of those plaintiffs in a global resolution is very difficult.”White does not represent all eight Sackler family members named in the opioids litigation. The family and Purdue Pharma vigorously deny any wrongdoing and deny all the allegations made against the company and family members being sued. The family members individually named as defendants in the relevant lawsuits include Richard Sackler, Beverly Sackler, David Sackler, Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, Jonathan Sackler, Kathe Sackler, Mortimer DA Sackler and Theresa Sackler.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2019 05:01 UTC