{"id":2094,"date":"2023-12-05T20:11:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T20:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2023-12-05T20:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T20:11:25","slug":"watch-and-listen-opioid-settlement-case-triggers-protests-outside-the-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"Watch and Listen: Opioid Settlement Case Triggers Protests Outside the High Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/aneri-pattani\/\"><strong>Aneri Pattani<\/strong><\/a>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"posted-on\" datetime=\"2023-12-05T14:40:00-05:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDecember 5, 2023\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<label for=\"republish-content\" class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tArticle HTML\t\t\t\t<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<textarea id=\"republish-content\" class=\"form-control\" rows=\"5\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"byline\">Aneri Pattani<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court heard a case this week about who could claim bankruptcy protection from civil lawsuits. The case stems from the opioid epidemic and lawsuits brought by state and local governments against the companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers \u2014 in this instance, Purdue Pharma, which marketed OxyContin. <\/p>\n<p>The company filed for bankruptcy and agreed to pay settlements to governments, as well as individual victims of the opioid crisis. That bankruptcy provided Purdue Pharma liability protection from future civil cases about opioids. The family behind this company, the Sacklers, did not seek bankruptcy but requested the same liability protections. <\/p>\n<p>Family members have offered to pay $6 billion from their personal fortune into the settlement, but only if they\u2019re given immunity. It\u2019s this stipulation that the Department of Justice opposes.<\/p>\n<p>KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani went to the site of the protests outside the Supreme Court building and talked to advocates and people affected by the opioid crisis to get their take on the case. She also was interviewed on WBUR\u2019s \u201cHere &amp; Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/textarea><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm copy-btn\" data-clipboard-target=\"#republish-content\">Copy HTML<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-details\">\n<p>We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. Here\u2019s what we ask:<\/p>\n<p>You must credit us as the original publisher, with a hyperlink to our kffhealthnews.org site. If possible, please include the original author(s) and KFF Health News\u201d in the byline. 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