1 00:00:07,933 --> 00:00:08,733 Right down here 2 00:00:08,733 --> 00:00:09,333 this was government 3 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:11,833 housing and I went to school with these kids 4 00:00:11,833 --> 00:00:13,233 and when we had that 5 00:00:13,233 --> 00:00:15,766 24 people overdose in 3 hours, 6 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:18,433 it was sold from right there on that corner to people, 7 00:00:18,433 --> 00:00:20,933 and within 3 hours, 24 people overdosed. 8 00:00:22,966 --> 00:00:24,166 Until you've picked up 9 00:00:24,166 --> 00:00:26,966 one of your own and put them in a body bag, 10 00:00:27,466 --> 00:00:29,966 you know, how do you put a number on that? 11 00:00:29,966 --> 00:00:32,966 Somebody has to freaking pay for this. 12 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,233 This wasn't an accident that happened. 13 00:00:36,233 --> 00:00:39,900 This was part of a complex business plan 14 00:00:40,233 --> 00:00:43,600 to sell as much opium in America as possible. 15 00:00:46,266 --> 00:00:50,233 So I filed a lawsuit against the distributors, 16 00:00:50,733 --> 00:00:52,466 and it was the first of its kind. 17 00:00:55,066 --> 00:00:56,100 With this case, 18 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:59,100 I'm representing in my entire home community. 19 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:02,900 Now I'm suddenly feeling like I can make a big difference. 20 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:06,400 He's gone from, you know, a very good lawyer 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,400 in West Virginia to now a national very good lawyer. 22 00:01:09,866 --> 00:01:10,700 That's a big jump. 23 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:16,733 You believe that the actions that you 24 00:01:16,733 --> 00:01:20,066 or your company took contributed to the opioid epidemic, 25 00:01:20,066 --> 00:01:21,000 yes or no... 26 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 and if it's not either one— - No. 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:23,900 No, sir. I do not believe that 28 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:25,800 we contributed to the opioid crisis. 29 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,166 What the defendants have done in this case is they have marked 30 00:01:29,633 --> 00:01:32,033 everything confidential, 31 00:01:32,033 --> 00:01:34,166 because they don't want the country to see what they did 32 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:35,466 and what they knew they were doing. 33 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:43,300 I'm going to expose to the entire country 34 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,300 exactly what's happened for the past 20 years. 35 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:49,400 If my legal theory is right, 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,633 I'm going to introduce them to the misery they caused.