Civil Litigation
Feb. 5, 2020
Wrongful death suit filed against makers of opioid blocker
The complaint asserts Vivitrol does not wean patients off opioids and leaves them more vulnerable to an overdose.
Attorneys with Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the parents of a man who died of an opioid overdose after using a drug plaintiffs describe as ineffective.
The complaint, filed Monday, targets Alkermes Inc., an Ireland-based biopharmaceutical company, as well as the Camden Center, a Los Angeles treatment center where Clayton Stafford was allegedly told to take the company's drug, Vi...
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