Tennessee to Deploy Forensic Logic s COPLINK X Law Enforcement Information Sharing Platform Statewide
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The State of Tennessee has contracted with Forensic Logic, LLC to deploy the company s COPLINK X information sharing platform to all members of local and state-level law enforcement and District Attorneys General throughout the state. This initiative is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and coordinated in partnership with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Fusion Center, the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, the Tennessee Sheriffs Association, and the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.
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.
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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
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In the first ruling of its kind in Tennessee, the state Supreme Court says opioid makers and distributors who act like drug dealers can be sued as drug dealers.
In an unanimous decision authored by Justice Sharon Lee and released Thursday, the high court ruled Big Pharma can be sued under the Tennessee Drug Dealer Liability act a state law that allows “innocent third parties” of illegal drug dealing to sue drug dealers for damages.
The court ruled that opioid makers and distributors cannot shield themselves from the law by arguing they make and sell legal drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration and, therefore, cannot be labeled illegal drug dealers.
Tennessee Supreme Court Makes Ruling On How Drug Companies May Be Sued Thursday, December 17, 2020 The Tennessee Supreme Court has unanimously held that Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. drug companies that manufacture prescription opioids may be sued by babies harmed by their mothers’ use of opioids. Under the Tennessee Drug Dealer Liability Act, these babies may sue for damages caused by the use of illegal opioids if there is clear and convincing evidence that the drug companies knowingly facilitated the distribution of opioids in the illegal drug market. The Court also held that seven District Attorneys General who had individually sued the drug companies on behalf of their districts did not have standing to sue under the Act.