- Jason Edward Ochs
- February 11, 2020
As we enter the second month of 2020, many products are getting added attention and such attention is arguably due to the litigations that have caused awareness and education regarding dangerous products, that but for our civil justice system, would have never…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 11, 2019
Last month an Oklahoma judge ordered pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for their part in the opioid epidemic that has spread throughout this country like wild fire. The decision stemmed and rested on the Court’s finding…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- January 8, 2019
The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), concluded its 18-month investigation into opioid distributors and wholesalers in West Virginia just before Christmas, 2018. The committee’s bipartisan report, to say the least, is shocking. (Read it…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 14, 2018
Teton Gravity Research produced the acclaimed Andy Irons Kissed By God that chronicles the much-to-short life of Surfing World Champion Andy Irons who tragically died as a result of an overdose. The Ochs Law Firm is sponsoring a free showing of…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 14, 2018
While the opioid crisis has been dominating national headlines for months, denoted as one of the worst public health crises in the US’s history, children born addicted to opiates are hardly discussed. If a woman uses prescription painkillers while their…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 31, 2018
It was just over a year ago in July when I received the tragic news that one of my dearest friends had lost his teenage son to an opiate overdose. It absolutely devastated him and his family. Their 19-year-old son…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- May 19, 2018
The below article was posted in the Jackson Hole Daily News on Thursday, May 17, 2018 in regards to the May 14th Teton County Board of County Commissioners meeting that took place with the state’s attorney general and Jason Ochs…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- May 8, 2018
On May 8, 2018, Carbon County filed a 72-page complaint in US District Court naming more than fifteen opiate manufacturers and distributors across the country for alleged misrepresentation about the addictive properties of opiate medications. On August 10, 2017, President…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- April 15, 2018
Just within the past several months, new and staggering statistics have surfaced that really place into perspective the overall scope and devastation of the opioid epidemic that is currently ravaging just about each and every community in the country. To…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 17, 2017
On September 27, 2017 I presented before the Wyoming County Attorney’s Association on the opioid crisis and the impact same was having on Wyoming. The opioid crisis is the worst public health crisis of our generation; far outpacing smoking. Since 2015 approximately 25…