>NJ man who OD’d at party settles lawsuit for $4M
SADDLE RIVER — A man who overdosed on stolen drugs he ingested at a party in 2007 has settled his lawsuit with a pharmacy, several guests, the party’s host and the host’s mother for $4.1 million.
Scott Simon, then 17, said he took Xanax that was given to him by a former employee of a Ridgewood drug store and suffered permanent nerve damage as a result.
Simon’s attorney John Schepisi told The Record of Bergen County (https://bit.ly/vSM3gH) that one party guest was a former pharmacy employee who stole Xanax from the drugstore and gave it to Simon. Simon took the drugs at the party and fell into a coma.