February 26th, 2018 by WCBC Radio
The Allegany County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to allow a Florida-based law firm to represent the county in a mass federal lawsuit against large pharmaceutical companies that allegedly contributed to the opioid epidemic. The action is known as a mass tort or multi district tort litigation which is similar to a class action lawsuit. According to county attorney Bill Rudd, Allegany County has the largest per capita OxyContin prescription rate in the state of Maryland. The litigation, he says, is based on “stopping the deceptive and improper marketing ploys of the manufacturer”…
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