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No, Johnson & Johnson did not create a ‘public nuisance’ by doing its job

By Quin Hillyer
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No, Johnson & Johnson did not create a ‘public nuisance’ by doing its job

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday set an example for other courts to stop trying the wrong way to cure the opioid epidemic.

The Sooner State’s high court determined that the expansion of a legal theory known as “public nuisance” was the lawsuit equivalent of snake oil, doing more harm than good, much like Rhode Island’s court decided not long ago in a case involving lead paint. Both courts are right.

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