Oklahoma judge rules against drugmaker, orders $572M payment

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. -- An Oklahoma judge Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement.

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