EDWARDSVILLE -- An East Alton law firm is waging a national media campaign in search of potential plaintiffs who allegedly have become addicted to the painkiller, OxyContin, the same drug broadcaster Rush Limbaugh is accused of obtaining illegally. "So far, we have gotten 3,000 phone calls," said Tor Hoerman, a lawyer with the The Simmons Law Firm in East Alton. Hoerman claims the drug company Purdue Pharma sold a morphine-like painkiller with a defective time-release mechanism.
Posted by Editor at October 13, 2003 11:15 PM