Feldman & Pinto’s Pennsylvania Opioid Litigation Lawyers offer representation to parties affected by the opioid epidemic: Individuals, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Insurance Companies, and Government Entities.
On August 10, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an increase in babies born to opioid addicted mothers (also known as mothers with opioid use disorder). Hospital discharge data show [...]
Hospital losses from increasing medical negligence claims are among the opioid epidemic’s hidden costs. The opioid crisis has overtaxed hospitals throughout Pennsylvania and across the country, increasing the potential for malpractice claims against hospital physicians, [...]
The Allegheny County Coroner’s Office records Allegheny County’s opioid overdose deaths on County death certificates. In 98% of Allegheny County overdose deaths, the specific drugs involved in a fatal overdose are listed on the decedent’s [...]
On January 23, 2018, City of Philadelphia officials decided to move forward with plans to establish Philadelphia Opioid Safe Injection Sites. Safe injection sites for users of heroin, fentanyl-laced drugs, and other street opioids are [...]
The Allegheny County, PA Coroner’s Office reports that official Allegheny Country 2017 drug deaths exceeded those in 2016. The County’s drug deaths from 2016 also exceeded those in 2015, which exceeded those in 2014, an [...]
On December 5, 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) formed an Opioid MDL, sending 180+ federal opioid cases to the Northern District of Ohio. The transferred cases were brought by governmental entities, such [...]
Our country is in the clutches of a burgeoning opioid epidemic, and Allegheny County’s opioid crisis is exceptionally dire. Overdose deaths in Allegheny County are significantly higher than the national rate. In 2015, when the [...]
For more than two decades, attorney Rosemary Pinto has fought for the rights of plaintiffs injured by dangerous pharmaceuticals. The Feldman & Pinto co-founder has recently expanded her fight to include the opioid epidemic, a [...]