Healthy Skepticism Library item: 18084

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Publication type: Journal Article

OxyContin class-action suit to proceed
CMAJ 2003 Sep 30; 169:(7):
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/169/7/699-b

Abstract:

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a lower court decision that a statewide class action suit can proceed against Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the controversial painkiller oxycodone (OxyContin). “The court of appeals clearly found … evidence that OxyContin has ruined lives,” said Stanley Chesley, counsel for the plaintiffs. …