Johnson & Johnson fined $572M in Oklahoma court ruling

David Eby, BC's attorney general, says he's pleased with a court ruling in Oklahoma that found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis, and ordered the company to pay $572 million.

The province of BC filed a proposed class-action lawsuit a year ago against dozens of pharmaceutical companies, in a bid to recoup the health-care costs associated with opioid addiction, and the Ontario government has said it plans to join the case.

Eby says the goal of BC's lawsuit is like the one in Oklahoma. He says it aims to hold pharmaceutical companies similarly accountable for the harm they've done and for the financial burdens they've placed on the health care system.

Guest: David Klein

Class action lawyer in Vancouver

David Eby, BC's attorney general, says he's pleased with a court ruling in Oklahoma that found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis, and ordered the company to pay $572 million.

The province of BC filed a proposed class-action lawsuit a year ago against dozens of pharmaceutical companies, in a bid to recoup the health-care costs associated with opioid addiction, and the Ontario government has said it plans to join the case.

Eby says the goal of BC's lawsuit is like the one in Oklahoma. He says it aims to hold pharmaceutical companies similarly accountable for the harm they've done and for the financial burdens they've placed on the health care system.

Guest: David Klein

Class action lawyer in Vancouver