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I’m back for day 37 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston, W.Va. Yesterday, the defense flew through 4 witnesses, who they used in an attempt to disprove testimony from plaintiff witnesses. Get caught up here: herald-dispatch.com/news/defense-w…
I think today’s edition of the @heralddispatch is really representative of how the opioid epidemic is still ongoing. Three of our four main stories are opioid related. 
The sides have agreed to hold closing arguments July 27 and 28 and will receive six hours each (the three defendants receiving two hours each).
I’m back for day 35 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston. The defense is continuing to present its witnesses today. Get caught up on what happened last week here: herald-dispatch.com/news/dismissal…
First up is Dr. Timothy Ray Deer, a pain specialist in the Charleston area. wvexecutive.com/timothy-deer-m…
Deer runs one of the largest pain clinics in the state, The Spine & Nerve Centers, which has about 4,000 patients at any given time. He has been on WV task forces, such as the WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Committee, which was established in 2012.
I’m back for day #34 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston. After resting its months-long case Huntington and Cabell County faced their biggest obstacle Thursday — satisfying an inquisitive judge. herald-dispatch.com/news/cabell-co…
McKesson attorney Paul Schmidt calls to the stand Dr. Christopher Gilligan, Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
He was asked how pain impacts a patient.
“Not only do they have suffering from the pain, but we have their life being taken away from them by the pain,” he said.
“Not only do they have suffering from the pain, but we have their life being taken away from them by the pain,” he said.
I’m back for day 33 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston, W.Va. Yesterday Hunt. Mayor Steve Williams, the final plaintiff witness, testified how the city went from failing to arrest its way out of the crisis to being a “recovery capital”. herald-dispatch.com/news/huntingto…
Today attorneys on either side will argue motions and take some housekeeping measures. I will do my best to interpret the legalese, but expect it will be complex. The first defense witness is expected to take the stand tomorrow.
Can I get one of those @KimKardashian law degrees at the end of this trial?
I’m back for day 32 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston, W.va. Yesterday a forensic economist testified Tuesday that a 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in Cabell County and the city of Huntington would cost $2.54 billion.
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First up today is @HuntingtonMayor, who just arrived a few minutes ago with @WebbLawCentre.
Williams has taken the stand. Asking questions is Anne McGinness Kearse, of Motley Rice LLC .
I’m back for day 31 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston, W.Va. Yesterday an expert discussed a plan he said would improve the crisis by halving the number of overdoses, deaths and number of people with substance use disorder over 15 years herald-dispatch.com/news/proper-fu…
Caleb Alexander, a pharmacoepidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will resume the stand today to discuss the abatement plan.
In case you’re wondering, Farrell won today. He says he’s won three days in a row now. One security guard said the coin is rigged.
I’m back for day 30 of the #opioidtrial in Charleston, W.Va. The plaintiffs are expected to wrap up their case this week. Initially they were granted 3 days, but if the trial’s pace matches that it had two weeks ago, I don’t see that happening. Catch up here:
Dr. Caleb Alexander, a pharmacoepidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the first to take the stand.
He is an expert in opioid abatement interventions. He looked at programs which could be implemented in the area and how much it would cost to do that. This might be the first time we've taken a deep dive into actual dollar amount Huntington need.
I'm back in the courtroom! #opioidtrial Attorneys for drug giant Johnson & Johnson say Oklahoma judge Thad Balkman miscalculated part of the $572 million judgment he made against the company in August.
In its appeal, lawyers for Johnson & Johnson claim the judge inadvertently added three zeros in one portion of the calculation. They say the amount for neonatal abstinence syndrome should be $107,600 not the $107.6 million written in the decision.
We'll be starting in just a minute.
Good morning! Day four of the #opioidtrial soon to get underway!
Lawyers for @jnjcares have filed a motion to dismiss their corporate representative who has been testifying for the last couple days. They say she doesn’t have knowledge of the docs the state is showing her.
Judge says we will continue with Deem-Eshleman today, and he’ll read the motion later. Each side gets 4 weeks to present their side.
