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Lawsuits against U.S. drug makers alleging culpability in opioid addiction and deaths are likely to result in hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, according to IU McKinney Law Professor Nicolas Terry.

Professor Terry appeared on Indiana News Desk on WTIU, a Bloomington public television news program, on Friday, July 26, to discuss the progress of opioid lawsuits, including a closely-watched trial in Oklahoma state court against Johnson & Johnson and litigation in federal court in Cleveland, where a judge is overseeing nearly 2,000 lawsuits filed, including those brought by the city of Indianapolis and several Indiana counties.

While there have been no verdicts yet, "Everybody understand the drug manufacturers have some responsibility, we’re just haggling over the price,” Professor Terry said. 
Professor Terry is Hall Render Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Hall Center for Law and Health at IU McKinney, where he teaches healthcare and health policy courses. He serves on Indiana University’s Grand Challenges Scientific Leadership Team working on the response to addictions. He blogs at Harvard Law School’s Bill of Health, his “The Week in Health Law” podcast is at TWIHL.com, and he is @nicolasterry on twitter.