Massachusetts Justice Won’t Dismiss Purdue Pharma Defendants In State Suit

Mealey's (November 6, 2019, 12:13 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts justice on Oct. 8 denied motions by directors and executives of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma L.P. to dismiss the commonwealth’s long-arm and public nuisance lawsuit against them for misrepresenting the dangers of the addictive and deadly opioid (Massachusetts v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., No. 1884CV01808, Mass Super., Suffolk Co., 2019 Mass., 2019 Mass. Super. LEXIS 589 and 586)....