{"id":2819,"date":"2021-06-30T18:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T22:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/whitepapers\/nylj-covers-openings-in-first-ny-jury-opioid-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T02:41:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:41:48","slug":"nylj-covers-openings-in-first-ny-jury-opioid-trial","status":"publish","type":"whitepapers","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/whitepapers\/nylj-covers-openings-in-first-ny-jury-opioid-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"NYLJ Covers Openings in First NY Jury Opioid Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During opening statements Tuesday in the state of New York\u2019s multidefendant opioid lawsuit, attorneys for the plaintiffs emphasized the role opioid manufacturers and distributors played in creating a public nuisance for the people of Long Island and New York as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opioid epidemic didn\u2019t happen by accident,\u201d Shkolnik said. \u201cIt happened because of a calculated decision in boardrooms across the country to decide to try to make a blockbuster drug out of a drug that\u2019s been on the market for 100 years. A drug that everyone knew was addictive and caused death. But something happened in these boardrooms where they said \u2018You know what, we could make billions of dollars on this and we could make it quick.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1zEeZ07GJqHff8_yP2fWgUlE67AZWDmP6\/preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During opening statements Tuesday in the state of New York\u2019s multidefendant opioid lawsuit, attorneys for the plaintiffs emphasized the role opioid manufacturers and distributors played in creating a public nuisance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":77,"template":"","whitepaper_category":[75,101,253,254,368],"whitepaper-source":[79],"class_list":["post-2819","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","hentry","whitepaper_category-opioids-litigation","whitepaper_category-new-york-opioid-lawyers","whitepaper_category-opioid-crisis","whitepaper_category-opioid-epidemic","whitepaper_category-health-and-safety","whitepaper-source-new-york-law-journal"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whitepapers"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/2819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_category?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper-source?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}