One of the nation’s first opioid trials is being heard in West Virginia as the state seeks to hold three pharmaceutical corporations responsible for their role in decimating its families and towns by flooding them with powerful narcotics. Huntington and the surrounding county of Cabell have sued AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc., and McKesson Corp. and accused them of taking a bad situation and intentionally ...
West Virginia Opioid Trial Shines Light Behind the Scenes…and It’s Uglier than Anyone Could Have Thought
Posted June 10, 2021 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors Don’t Like Current MDL Judge; Ask for Replacement
Posted October 10, 2019 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
Defendants in the nation’s largest opioid litigation might be reconsidering their odds. If they were confident, they might not have asked for the removal of the federal judge tasked with overseeing thousands of consolidated lawsuits seeking to recover damages from drug makers and distributors for their role in perpetuating the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis.
That, however, is exactly what happened last month when household names like CVS ...
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