Judge sees benefit in pausing lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue

(Reuters) - A U.S. Bankruptcy Judge signalled support on Friday for a six-month pause to litigation led by 24 states against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP to give the company time to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging it fuelled a deadly nationwide opioid crisis.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain in White Plains, New York, said there was little benefit from numerous states trying to prove at trial the liability of Purdue and its controlling Sacker family for improper marketing of..