Opioid Lawsuits

A bipartisan coalition of states has reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with members of the Sackler family and their former company Purdue Pharma over their role in the opioid crisis.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses tonight's Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston, and a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump…

Two Hudson Valley mayors announced this week that their cities had filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma.Poughkeepsie and…

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's "victory lap" rally in Michigan Thursday, and reports that the New York state budget is nearly…

Four upstate New York cities are suing the manufacturers and distributors of opioid painkillers. Plattsburgh, Albany, Schenectady and Troy allege the…

Officials in the city of Plattsburgh have joined a growing list of municipalities planning to sue pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis.A…