The federal judge presiding over the first trial bellwether in the opioid multidistrict litigation in the country over the opioid crisis is a portrait of "West Virginia grit," with a storied career spanning the state where the highly anticipated proceedings are set to begin Monday.
West Virginia city takes big three drug distributors to court over opioids Reuters 2 days ago
April 30 (Reuters) - The three largest U.S. drug distributors are facing trial on Monday in West Virginia in a lawsuit accusing them of fueling the opioid crisis that has resulted in 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States over two decades.
The suit claims that AmerisourceBergen Corp, McKesson Corp and Cardinal Health Inc ignored red flags that opioids were being diverted to illegal channels, flooding the state with hundreds of millions of highly addictive pills.
Huntington, a city in opioid-ravaged West Virginia, and Cabell County are expected to seek more than $1 billion to remedy the harms caused by opioids.
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Distributors Can t Duck Nuisance Claim Ahead Of Opioid Trial
Law360 (March 31, 2021, 7:25 PM EDT) The federal judge overseeing the soon-approaching West Virginia bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the nation s opioid crisis on Wednesday shot down drug distributors attempts to ditch the sole public nuisance claim brought by local governments.
U.S. District Judge David Faber rejected the argument brought by wholesale opioid distributors that West Virginia s Cabell County and its seat, Huntington, lack standing under state law to end public nuisances, except under certain circumstances.
AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson argued the West Virginia governments could not allege nuisance per se, as they cannot show drug distribution is always a nuisance, according to the order. And.
Companies attempt to dismiss opioid lawsuit rejected in WVa
April 1, 2021
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Three drug distributors have been denied a request for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed in West Virginia by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis.
U.S. District Judge David Faber on Wednesday rejected the companies attempt to dismiss the case. The trial is set to start May 3 in Charleston.
The lawsuit accuses drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson of fueling the local opioid epidemic. The repeated attempts by the Big Three distributors to delay their courtroom reckoning will not deter these communities from pursuing the resources they need now to combat the opioid crisis that has only worsened amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” plaintiffs attorneys Paul Farrell Jr. and Anne Kearse said in a statement.