"Defendants in this case are three major drug distributors who act as middle-men in the pharmaceutical drug supply chain," Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter wrote in the lawsuit. (Photo: ALM Archives) 

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, who obtained a $475 million judgment last year against opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, announced on Monday a new lawsuit against three distributors of the prescription painkillers.

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Amanda Bronstad

Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.

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