Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling
by adrianmonk on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:33PM
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It's also only for cases in Oklahoma. Oklahoma has under 4 million people, and the US has over 300 million, so it's about 1.2% of the US population.
If you extrapolate and assume similar settlements in 49 other states, that would come out to 250% of their annual profits. Which may not happen, but the point is that 3% should be viewed in some kind of perspective.
If you extrapolate and assume similar settlements in 49 other states, that would come out to 250% of their annual profits. Which may not happen, but the point is that 3% should be viewed in some kind of perspective.