Judge caps opioid lawyer fees at %15 - unless they worked really hard legalnewsline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from legalnewsline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Attached is an interesting unanimous panel decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, rejecting a suit against Walmart for allegedly filling too many "fraudulent" opioid prescriptions.
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CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - National pharmacy chains facing a round of bellwether trials the judge overseeing federal opioid litigation hopes will convince them to negotiate a multibillion-dollar settlement complained they are still named in hundreds of lawsuits by municipalities where they have zero market share.
When the judge told plaintiffs and defendants to select representative cases for trial, the pharmacies submitted a lawsuit by Big Stone County, Minn., because it named the four main pharmacy chains – CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens and Walmart – even though none of them sold opioids in the county.
The plaintiffs executive committee called the selection of the case “puzzling” but the pharmacies disagreed.
Opioid judge threatens pharmacies with bankruptcy if they don t settle legalnewsline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from legalnewsline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.