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STATE v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 84140-8-I.

536 P.3d 204 (2023)

STATE of Washington, Appellant, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.; n/k/a Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and XYZ Corporations 1 through 20, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Ordered Published Date September 18, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Rodriguez Lopez , Lia Elise Pernell , Office of the Attorney General, 800 Fifth Ave Ste 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Joshua Weissman , WA Atty Generals Office, P.O. Box 40123, Olympia, WA, 98504-0123, Kelsey E. Endres , Susan E. Llorens , Washington State Attorney General's Office, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Jonathan Jacob Guss , Attorney at Law, 800 Fifth Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98104-3188

Angelo J. Calfo , Patricia Anne Eakes , Harold Malkin , Damon Clay Elder , Andrew Steven Decarlow , Tyler S Weaver , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, 1301 2nd Ave. Ste. 2800, Seattle, WA, 98101-3808, Kendall Scott Esq Cowles , Attorney at Law, 800 Fifth Ave Ste 2000 Seattle, WA, 98104-3188, Jeremy E. Roller , Arete Law Group, 1218 3rd Ave. Ste. 2100, Seattle, WA, 98101-3094, Stephen D. Brody , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 1625 Eye Street Nw., Washington, DC, 20006, Charles C. Lifland , Jason M. Zarrow , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 400 S. Hope Street, 18th Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90071, for Respondent.

¶1 The State sued Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Pharmaceuticals (collectively Janssen), claiming that they violated the Consumer Protection Act and created a public nuisance by contributing to the opioid crisis in Washington. During discovery, the State produced data from a Medicaid claims database consistent with the Health...

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