Professor Howard Erichson spoke with National Public Radio about opioid lawsuits against big pharmaceutical companies.
Erichson’s a legal scholar from Fordham University. He also said if New York state decides to sue big pharma, it isn’t a big deal. New York’s attorney general is among 40 others who are considering suing big pharma too. But, according to Erichson, counties won’t lose out.
Erichson asserted, “The state is one public entity and counties and cities are separate public entities and each of them spends money and each one may have a separate claim against these defendants for the money that it claims ought to be recouped from the pharmaceutical companies.”