Endo Comments on Entry of Default Liability Judgment in Tennessee State Court Case
DUBLIN, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Endo International plc (NASDAQ: ENDP) today announced the entry of an order granting a default judgment on liability against its wholly-owned subsidiaries Endo Health Solutions Inc. (EHSI) and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (EPI) in
Staubus, et al. v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al., Case No. C-41916, which has been pending in the Circuit Court for Sullivan County at Kingsport, Tennessee since 2017.
The
Staubus case involves allegations by three Tennessee District Attorneys General and an individual plaintiff that EHSI's and EPI's sale of prescription opioid medications violated Tennessee's Drug Dealer Liability Act (DDLA). In December 2020, the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Tennessee's District Attorneys General do not have standing to bring claims under the DDLA. On April 5, 2021, the