Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company
- Written by Jonathan Lipson, Professor of Law, Temple University
Grace Bisch, whose stepson died as a result of an overdose, protests outside the Supreme Court in December 2023. Michael A. McCoy/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against an estimated US$6 billion Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan on June 27, 2024, that would have shielded the Sackler family – which owned and...