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Opioid Victims Struggle to Claim Their Part of Purdue’s $6 Billion Settlement

Relatives of opioid overdose victims say stringent documentation requirements effectively lock them out of making claims against Purdue Pharmaceuticals, especially if their loved ones died a number of years ago.Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg

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By Cici Yu

August 8, 2023 at 10:51 AM UTC

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Ryan Wroblewski took OxyContin and oxycodone for half his life until fatally overdosing in 2018 at age 33.

His mother, Ellen Isaacs, has fought OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharmaceuticals ever since. As part of Purdue’s proposed bankruptcy settlement, qualified individual victims or families can receive payments ranging from approximately $3,500 to $48,000, based on factors like length of opioid use, addiction, overdose, and death caused by opioids.