WaPo: Bankruptcy judge approves Purdue Pharma plan to resolve opioid claims, giving Sackler family c

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More than two decades after Purdue Pharma launched its blockbuster pain pill OxyContin, preceding a deadly overdose crisis, a judge approved a bankruptcy plan Wednesday that will resolve thousands of lawsuits against the drugmaker and grant sweeping legal immunity to its billionaire owners.

Negotiated until the 11th hour, the final terms of the settlement confirmed by federal bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain grant the family that owned Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, broad protection from future litigation, despite objections from nine states and a branch of the U.S. Justice Department.

The family initially sought relief from any civil litigation whatsoever but Drain objected, shouting at one point over an attorney representing the Sacklers that the family should not be immune to legal claims related to the crisis they are contributing roughly $4.3 million to abate. The final settlement will grant relief specifically for claims related to the opioid epidemic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/01/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-judge-ruling/

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1. Of course the judge does....that's why they went there. The wealthy are definitely above the law.

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2. This is a Horror!

If you want to understand what evil the Sackler family did to this country, you need to read Empire of Pain. It goes all the way back three generations and it reads like a novel.

They get away with the billions of dollars they have squirreled overseas. But to see them escape ANY accountability for what they did is just unconscionable. They all deserve to be in prison.

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7. +1

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3. Looks like big money wins again. Didn't need a crystal ball for this one.

Thousands dead because of the Sacklers, but their money is safe. That’s all that matters in our capitalist system. Screw the dead.

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4. of course THIS supreme court won't help.

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5. Keep in mind it's bankruptcy court

not criminal or civil court.

It's a dollars and cents decision within the bounds of bankruptcy law. And protection from civil liability is precisely what the bankruptcy laws take into account.

While the judge may have very real concerns, he isn't the judge that adjudicates civil suits and certainly not criminal complaints.

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8. Trump's DOJ let them off the hook

for any Federal criminal charges.

Don't know if Garland can revisit that or not.

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6. Kick