The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the opioid epidemic.The Associated PressJen Trejo holds a photo of her son, Christopher, who died at 32, as she is comforted outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington, D.C.
"Opioid victims and other future victims of mass torts will suffer greatly in the wake of today's unfortunate and destabilizing decision."U.S. Supreme Court weighs Purdue Pharma opioid settlementThe U.S. Supreme Court debates Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement and whether company owners, the Sackler family — who have not filed for personal bankruptcy, can be held liable for the opioid epidemic.
Bisch called on the U.S. Department of Justice to seek criminal charges against Sackler family members.Arguments in early December lasted nearly two hours in a packed courtroom as the justices seemed, by turns, unwilling to disrupt a carefully negotiated settlement and reluctant to reward the Sacklers.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee, an arm of the Justice Department, argued that the bankruptcy law does not permit protecting the Sackler family from being sued.
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