A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller...
NEW YORK - A united front among members of the billionaire Sackler family behind painkiller OxyContin is showing signs of strain from litigation over who bears responsibility for the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic.
One point of contention centers on how aggressively former Purdue President Richard Sackler should disavow emails he had written years earlier that maligned opioid addicts, a debate that came to a head in anticipation of a critical segment on HBO’s news satire “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” The lawsuits, which in recent months have targeted the Sacklers in addition to Purdue, claim the family and company contributed to a public health crisis that claimed the lives of nearly 400,000 people between 1999 and 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In January, she disclosed details of emails and other internal records that alleged the Sacklers masterminded aggressive opioid sales despite knowledge of their harmful effects. David Bernick, a lawyer from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP representing the “B” side, initially counseled against settling the Oklahoma lawsuit, people familiar with the matter said. He was concerned thousands of other plaintiffs would seize upon a financial figure in any agreement and demand costly settlements themselves, they said.
The family released a statement cautioning that the agreement, which totaled $270 million with contributions from Purdue, was “not a financial model for future settlement discussions.” Bernick declined to comment on the settlement discussions. The messages stoked tensions among other family members who felt they were less involved in details of Purdue’s operations than Richard, and that the publicity around the emails was unfairly tarnishing them, according to people familiar with the matter.
But on April 12, just one day later, conflict erupted again as the family wrangled over how to respond to a request from HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” A producer for the show had sought comment from the family and the company ahead of a segment critical of Richard’s conduct.
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