Johnson & Johnson scores reversal of landmark $465M opioid ruling in Oklahoma

For years, Johnson & Johnson has been battling lawsuits alleging it played a role in creating the nationwide opioid epidemic. On Tuesday, just days after a high-profile trial win, the company scored major relief in appeals in a separate case.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court overturned a lower court's $465 million verdict that concluded J&J's opioid marketing created a public nuisance in the state. In the 5-1 Oklahoma Supreme Court vote, justices found that the state's public nuisance law doesn't apply to the allegations presented in the lawsuit from Oklahoma's former attorney general, Mike Hunter.