Judges and Courts Respond to Opioid Litigation Engulfing U.S. Court Systems

This editorial summarizes the epidemic in the U.S. of opioid addiction, its lethality in the addict community, and its impact on the justice and social-services sectors. It focuses on the pursuit by federal, state and local court systems of innovative alternatives to traditional models of civil and...

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Published in:	International Journal for Court Administration
Main Author:	Markus Zimmer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Association for Court Administration 2019-02-01
Subjects:	Opioid litigation, opioid courts, drug courts, opioid case consolidation, multi-district litigation, Judge Polster, opioid litigation settlement, treatment costs, fentanyl
Online Access:	https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/290