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Government,
Civil Litigation

Apr. 27, 2022

San Francisco’s opioid litigation ‘built on false assumptions,’ defense lawyer says

“The existence of a crisis is not the ultimate question raised here. The question is, who is responsible, and for what?” lawyer Collie James said in his opening statement.

A lawsuit the city and county of San Francisco brought against a group of companies along the opioid supply chain is “built on false assumptions,” a lawyer for the defendants said Tuesday.

“To be clear, there is no question that there is an opioid crisis in San Francisco. The pictures counsel showed yesterday are heartbreaking,” Collie F. James IV, partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, said in opening remarks. “But the existence of a ...

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