Oklahoma judge denies motion to end case against drugmaker

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge says the state’s ongoing opioid drug lawsuit against consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson can move forward.
District Judge Thad Balkman on Monday denied a motion from the defendant’s lawyers asking him to end Oklahoma’s public-nuisance lawsuit and rule in favor of the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company and its subsidiaries. The defendants filed the motion last week after the state rested its case. The trial began May 28