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"As the coroner's inquest reached a verdict of an act of God, Meux & Co did not have to pay compensation." The good ol days, sometimes a lot like these current
by xbpx 5y ago
"As the coroner's inquest reached a verdict of an act of God, Meux & Co did not have to pay compensation."
The good ol days, sometimes a lot like these current days...
Yes we're all looking at you Sacklers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackler_family
"The bankruptcy judge acknowledged that the Sacklers had moved money to offshore accounts to protect it from claims, and he said he wished the settlement had been higher."
Wished... Indeed... Only an act of God could have stopped them surely.
- bobthepanda 5y agoThat settlement got thrown out the other day. https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1065047471/judge-rejects-purdue-pharmas-opioid-settlement-that-would-protect-the-sackler-fa https://www.npr.org/2021/12/16/1065047471/judge-rejects-purd...
- xbpx 5y agoThis looks promising
- mormegil 5y ago> Instead of paying billions of dollars to opioid victims and states, Purdue will stay in limbo and pay hundreds of millions of dollars to lawyers. > [...] > The problem is ... well, one problem is that fairness is sometimes the enemy of pragmatism; letting the Sacklers keep billions and avoid litigation might be the only way to get them to pay billions https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-23/the-purdue-bankruptcy-didn-t-work https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-12-23/the-pu...
- ljm 5y agoThat quote sounds like the opinion of someone who wants to be bought off, rather than someone who wants the same kind of accountability that the rest of us are expected to have.
- skoskie 5y agoThat’s what I heard. They have billions therefore they can pay billions. Purposefully complicating that logic so that they somehow end up keeping more money is an instant red flag.