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Pennsylvania opioid lawsuits are homeless while trial lawyers take shots at each other

By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Mar 6, 2019 @ 6:00am

Seven appeals and plenty of in-fighting have Pennsylvania counties behind schedule in their quest to hold dozens of companies liable for the nation's painkiller crisis
Pennsylvania opioid litigation in chaos as plaintiff lawyers fight over control

By Daniel Fisher | Monday, Nov 26, 2018 @ 4:37pm

MEDIA – Opioid litigation in Pennsylvania appears to be in chaos as a prominent law firm has withdrawn from a leadership position on the plaintiff side and unions and the county surrounding the city of Allentown fight efforts to consolidate all lawsuits in a single court.
Opioid lawyer trying to avoid 'cesspool' asked for by major national firm

By Dan Fisher | Thursday, Aug 9, 2018 @ 6:00am

Several Pennsylvania counties are fighting to keep control of their opioid lawsuits as the national law firm Simmons Hanly Conroy, with the active support of the companies it is suing, seeks to create what a rival attorney calls a litigation "cesspool."