Florida, Texas and four other states became the latest to file lawsuits against Purdue Pharma LP and other opioid painkiller makers, alleging they fueled an addiction crisis by misrepresenting the risks of their drugs.
Florida and Texas, the most populous states yet to pursue litigation, join more than a dozen other states and hundreds of counties, including Ohio, Alabama, Missouri, New Hampshire and Washington, to sue opioid painkiller makers. Many states and counties have also sued painkiller distributors.
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