Consumer Protection Law Firm will Represent New York County against Pharmaceutical Companies that Aggressively Marketed Prescription Opiates
NEW YORK – Simmons Hanly Conroy, LLC, one of the nation’s largest law firms focused on consumer protection and mass tort actions, has been retained by Suffolk County legislators to represent the county against pharmaceutical companies that aggressively marketed prescription opiates. The litigation will be spearheaded by Simmons Hanly Conroy Named Shareholders Paul Hanly and Jayne Conroy.
Simmons Hanly Conroy will work with Suffolk County legislators to further investigate the impact the over-prescription of opiates has had on the county’s health insurance plan, treatment programs and more.
“We are pleased to have been selected by the legislators in Suffolk County to represent the county in this litigation,” said Hanly. “We are all too familiar with the questionable practices of certain opiate manufacturers. Litigation is not a quick process, but we are prepared to seek the best procedural course for the county in a manner that is both effective and efficient.”
Both Hanly and Conroy have held court-appointed leadership roles of national scope in litigation against pharmaceutical companies brought by consumers harmed by dangerous drugs. In 2006, they successfully resolved litigated against Purdue Pharma LLP and Abbot Laboratories, Inc., alleging 5,000 clients’ addictions to the opiate OxyContin was a result of the manufacturers’ fraudulent marketing campaign that claimed the drug was not as addictive as other alternative drugs.
ABOUT SIMMONS HANLY CONROY, LLC
Simmons Hanly Conroy, LLC is one of the nation’s largest mass tort law firms and has recovered more than $5 billion in verdicts and settlements for plaintiffs. Primary areas of litigation include mass torts and class actions, dangerous drugs and device litigation, environmental litigation, contingent-fee business litigation, and asbestos and mesothelioma litigation. The firm’s attorneys have been appointed to leadership in numerous national multidistrict litigations including Vioxx, Yaz and Toyota Unintended Acceleration. The firm also represents small and mid-size corporations, inventors and entrepreneurs in matters involving business litigation. Offices are located in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Alton, Ill. Read More at 104.130.124.231.
