The Fort Worth Weekly interviewed attorney Matthew McCarley regarding the firm’s recent lawsuit against Perdue Pharma and other opioid manufacturers. The suit, filed on behalf of Johnson County, Texas, alleges that pharmaceutical companies knowingly deceived the public regarding the effects of opioids, which in turn has led to the crisis our communities are facing today.
In the interview, McCarley discusses what Fear Nachawati hopes to accomplish, and why financial penalties may be the only way to hold businesses responsible for starting the opioid crisis. You can read the full interview here.