Healey lawsuit links Purdue Pharma to deaths of 670 Mass. residents

Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, alleging that 670 Massachusetts residents who were prescribed the company's opioid drugs have died from opioid-related overdoses since 2009. The complaint, which was filed Tuesday in Suffolk County Superior Court, names Connecticut-based Purdue as a defendant, along with 16 current and former executives at the company who Healey says were complicit in facilitating and exacerbating the opioid epidemic. According to the complaint,…
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