Stephens County joins lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies

Stephens County has joined multiple states and counties around the United States in lawsuits against large pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic.

The suit was filed in May 2018 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in the Abilene Division. The lawsuits are against multiple companies including Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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