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Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling by dondawest on Monday August 26, 2019 @07:54PM (#20804894)
The landmark is how little they paid.

IMO, the fine is appropriate because J&J was an inappropriate scapegoat in the first place — the damage they did is nothing compared to Purdue, for example.

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Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling by favorited on Monday August 26, 2019 @09:26PM (#20805476)
Purdue and Teva were part of the same suit, and they both settled.

J&J isn't being scapegoated, they just decided to roll the dice and take it to trial.

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Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling by jfk13 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:27AM (#20807686)
If it's true that "the damage they did is nothing compared to Purdue, for example", then doesn't this suggest that Purdue was given an outrageously lenient settlement? Why aren't we all up in arms protesting that?
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