Opioid Crisis Compensation: Billions for Victims or Empty Promises?

Opioid Crisis Compensation: Billions for Victims or Empty Promises?

Opioid Crisis Compensation: Billions for Victims or Empty Promises? Amid Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement, victims like Tammy Blanton face significant hurdles in proving their eligibility for compensation. Her mother's tragic case underscores the difficulty in meeting documentation requirements, as many struggle to provide the necessary records due to time lapse and other constraints.The bankruptcy plan stipulates claimants must prove they …

After waiting years for justice, many Purdue opioid victims are defeated — by paperwork

April 24 - Tammy Blanton’s life unraveled after years of taking opioids initially prescribed for migraines, according to her daughter Mary Anne, who says the drugs left her mother isolated, unemployed and estranged from her family. Read more at straitstimes.com.

‘A punch in the gut’: After years of waiting, many opioid victims will be shut out of Purdue settlement

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.

After years of waiting, many opioid victims will be shut out of Purdue settlement

Mary Jannotta sliced meat and cheese behind deli counters at Acme and Pathmark supermarkets in the Philadelphia suburbs for decades, developing aches that came with working on her feet. A botched back surgery in 2008 made the pain worse. Her doctor repeatedly prescribed OxyContin, Purdue Pharma’s marquee painkiller — the high-dose opioid the company later admitted it criminally marketed and distributed. Jannotta said she soon became dependent on…