Las Vegas, Nevada, The largest three cities in Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson, are the latest municipalities to file lawsuits against the opioid distributors and manufacturers. The widespread distribution of opioid drugs has resulted in a national epidemic of opioid deaths and addictions. Nevada municipalities continue to deal with the ongoing opioid epidemic. The cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson have been financially strained by this public health crisis.

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North Las Vegas Mayor, John Lee, said, “These drug companies, in their greedy pursuit of bigger profits, knowingly and deceptively created a public health epidemic that has had evil impacts on our community and residents, and for their selfish actions, we will hold them accountable. The financial repercussions of this crisis are extreme, but the human impacts are far greater, and it’s long overdue that these corporations accept responsibility for that.”

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Henderson Mayor, Debra March stated “The widespread use of opioids has led to a significant rise in addiction and related death rates and we cannot allow this proliferation of opioid use to continue impacting our community. By pursuing legal remedies, the City of Henderson is proactively taking steps toward holding drug manufacturers and distributors accountable for contributing to the opioid crisis we are experiencing, to not only save lives but ultimately prevent someone from going down the path of addiction altogether.”

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The City Attorney’s of each of these Southern Nevada cities will work in association with the Nevada law firm of Eglet Adams, who have a reputation for handling large cases in Nevada.

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Robert Eglet added “The Opioid Drug companies have placed their desire for profits above the health and well-being of our communities. Between 2006 and 2012, these Companies shipped in excess of 1.3 billion pills into Southern Nevada. The companies have and continue to cause significant harm to Southern Nevada. We plan to force these companies to pay for the damage they have done.

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Robert Eglet successfully obtained a $500 million verdict in the now infamous hepatitis C colonoscopy case. Eglet was the lead attorney who sued Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc. and Baxter Healthcare Corp. after Henry Chanin contracted hepatitis C at the Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center. The companies had made a combined $13 Billion off selling dangerous reusable of vials of the anesthetic propofol to the spread of the disease according to court testimony.

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According to legal experts, the case may cost the Eglet Law as much as $15 million to prosecute.

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Opiods have possibly killed thousands of veterans.

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Source LV Sun