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with the addiction, dealing with addictions as illnesses as opposed to crimes,” Hunter said. The suit also seeks an injunction against the companies to bar misrepresentations and false claims. “These companies have waged a fraudulent, decade-long marketing campaign to profit from the anguish of thousands of Oklahomans,” Hunter said. “These companies have made in excess of $10 billion a year, while our friends, family members, neighbors and loved ones have become addicts, gone to prison or died because of the opioid epidemic. “Today, we begin a fight to hold these companies accountable, slow the crisis and build a healthier state. One death or one addiction related to opioids is too many.”
THEY NEED TO BE
HONEST WHEN THEY MAKE
REPRESENTATIONS TO
DOCTORS ABOUT THE EFFECT
OF A DRUG.
- MICHAEL BURRAGE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
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Hunter has hired Whitten Burrage, the firm of former U.S. District Judge Michael Burrage, to serve as lead attorney on a contingency basis. Burrage said his niece committed suicide after becoming addicted. His law partner also lost his son to addiction, Burrage said. “This lawsuit is about money that the taxpayers have been out because of the treatment, but it is also about much more,” Burrage said. “The practices that these pharmaceutical companies have engaged in, the lives they have destroyed through their fraudulent conduct, their fraudulent misrepresentations, has to be stopped.” The suit seeks to change the behavior of the companies, Burrage said.
THESE COMPANIES HAVE WAGED A FRAUDULENT, DECADE-LONG MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO PROFIT FROM THE ANGUISH OF THOUSANDS OF OKLAHOMANS. - MIKE HUNTER OKLAHOMA ATTORNEY GENERAL
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