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Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shields Sackler family of liability

Thursday, June 27 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A narrowly divided Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision struck down a hard-fought bankruptcy plan for OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma that would have awarded $6 billion to state and local governments to fight opioid addiction and payouts to more than 100,000 victims...

SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability

Thursday, August 10 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma's plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation's opioid epidemic.The application for a stay, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, was presented to...

Supreme Court shields Twitter, social media giants from liability for terror content

Thursday, May 18 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with social media giants in a case brought by families of victims in a terrorist attack in Turkey.The court unanimously ruled that Twitter and other platforms won't have to face accusations they aided and abetted the...

Cuomo repeals nursing home and hospital COVID-19 liability protections

Wednesday, April 7 by ABC News

(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday night repealing a law that protected health care facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes, and their employees from coronavirus lawsuits.The Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act was enacted last year in the...

Stories tagged with: liability

Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that shields Sackler family of liability

SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability

Cuomo repeals nursing home and hospital COVID-19 liability protections

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