Opioid drug defendants ask Oklahoma judge to end case
July 4, 2019
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The defendants in Oklahoma's trial against drugmakers are asking a judge to rule in their favor, arguing the state has failed to prove they're responsible for the opioid epidemic.
Attorneys for consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals filed a motion for judgment Wednesday after the state rested its case.
Oklahoma called its last witness on Tuesday, a former sales representative for Johnson & Johnson. The drugmakers' case is expected to take about four weeks.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has called Johnson & Johnson and its subsidi...
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