Once again a BENCH TRIAL, don’t know if Walgreens asked for a trial by jury and it was denied by the judge who mandated a BENCH TRIAL. So that the judge is judge and jury. This whole agreement is both interesting and a contradiction. Walgreens “agreed” to pay $500 million – while admitting no wrongdoing – for claims that Walgreens failed to stop ILLEGAL PILL SALES. Mark Pifko, attorney for the state, seems to conflate pharma Rx opioids and illegal street opioids and likewise, what is the real reason for the estimated 500,000 drug overdose deaths?
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/drugs-chamber/2023/06/09/id/1123052/
Walgreens Boots Alliance has agreed to pay $500 million to New Mexico to settle claims that its pharmacies helped fuel opioid addiction in the state by failing to stop illegal pill sales, lawyers for the state announced Friday.
The settlement, the largest obtained by New Mexico against a single company over opioids, came after a non-jury trial last year in the state’s lawsuit against the company. The judge overseeing that trial had not yet ruled on the state’s claims.
“We are confident that this record settlement positions New Mexico to turn the tide on this deadly epidemic,” Mark Pifko, a lawyer for the state, said in a statement.
Walgreens did not admit wrongdoing under the settlement. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment.
More than half a million people died from drug overdoses in the United States from 1999 to 2020, with opioids playing an outsized role. Overdose deaths have risen further since then, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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What a liar,,and they don’t want it infront of we the people,,for truth might prevail,,,What i do not understand are these lawyers for the defense,,,to expose the truth,,where are they???maryw