NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Drug companies win in California opioid crisis lawsuit

California Opioid Crisis Trial
Posted

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Top drug manufacturers have won a round in a California lawsuit that blamed them for the opioid crisis and sought billions of dollars to cover the costs of dealing with it.

A judge in Orange County made a tentative ruling Monday that said local governments hadn't proven that Johnson & Johnson used deceptive marketing to inflate prescriptions of their painkillers, leading to a public nuisance. Both sides have acknowledged that there is an opioid-abuse epidemic that has claimed many lives.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara counties and the city of Oakland, which plan to appeal.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Saturday

04/26/2025

Thunderstorms

59° / 48°

100%

Sunday

04/27/2025

Mostly Cloudy

64° / 52°

5%

Monday

04/28/2025

Partly Cloudy

73° / 54°

4%

Tuesday

04/29/2025

Sunny

85° / 60°

1%

Wednesday

04/30/2025

Partly Cloudy

88° / 61°

2%

Thursday

05/01/2025

Partly Cloudy

88° / 63°

2%

Friday

05/02/2025

Mostly Sunny

87° / 59°

8%

Saturday

05/03/2025

Partly Cloudy

75° / 52°

15%