Leiney's...er.... Lautenschlager's Lawsuits

What is it with this woman? If you sneeze the wrong way, you're going to get sued! Ok, so maybe some pharmaceutical companies sold some overpriced pills.... no surprise there. But even I know it takes a long time to recoup the money that was invested in creating those prescriptions and OTC's. Research is expensive from what I hear, not to mention very time consuming. So, here goes my ignorace showing again: If the state is not the person paying for those overpriced drugs to begin with, why is the state getting the money from the lawsuits? Why isn't it going to those people who actually bought the drugs?