J&J settles Ohio opioid case for $20.4M, avoids looming trial
J&J has agreed to a $20.4 million settlement with two Ohio counties that at the height of the opioid crisis saw around 1,000 combined annual overdose deaths, providing a large cash infusion for a pair of localities that have acted with fierce and sometimes controversial independence to combat severe local manifestations of a national epidemic.
The payout pales in comparison to the half-billion dollar fine the pharmaceutical giant was ordered to pay out in Oklahoma, although that deal covered the entire state rather than two counties.
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