Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma's multi-billion opioid settlement, will hear appeal

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The settlement would have shielded company owners the Sackler family from lawsuits over the nation's opioid crisis.

Purdue Pharma's settlement required members of the Sackler family to pay $6 billion but shielded them from future lawsuits over the opioid crisis.

Michele Sharp, a Purdue spokesperson, said the company is confident in the legality of"our nearly universally supported Plan of Reorganization, and optimistic that the Supreme Court will agree.

 

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