Johnson & Johnson Agrees <br />to $20.4 Million Opioid Settlement The company made the <br />agreement with the Summit <br />and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio. It comes just over a month <br />after Johnson & Johnson was <br />ordered to pay more than half a <br />billion dollars by an Oklahoma judge. With the settlement, <br />the company will no longer <br />face the first federal trial <br />over the opioid crisis. Johnson & Johnson, Statement, via CBS News The trial is scheduled <br />to begin in Cleveland <br />in less than three weeks. Johnson & Johnson, Statement, via CBS News Since 2000, opioids have been linked to <br />more than 400,000 U.S. deaths.
