Updated: 1:00 PM EST January 15, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio A temporary restraining order, enjoining a Toledo pharmacy and two of its pharmacists from dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, has been issued by a federal court in the state, the Department of Justice announced Friday.
According to a civil complaint filed Jan. 6, Shaffer Pharmacy, its owner Thomas Tadsen and pharmacist Wilson Bunton, are accused of repeatedly dispensing opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
The complaint alleges that over a period of several years, the pharmacists dispensed highly addictive and highly abused prescription opioids while ignoring “red flags” described as obvious indications of drug diversion and drug-seeking behavior.
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Promedica is appealing a court ruling declaring it wrongfully terminated insurance contracts with rival McLaren Health Care.
A federal judge had issued a preliminary injunction barring Promedica from terminating its insurance contracts with St. Luke s Hospital in the Toledo, Ohio, area in late December. Judge Jack Zouhary of the Northern District of Ohio concluded the contracts were wrongfully terminated and barred Promedica s insurance arm, Paramount, from canceling them.
Zouhary noted that the Supreme Court has previously found that if a company is attempting to exclude the rivals on some basis other than efficiency, it is fair to characterize its behavior as predatory. So too here.