HUNTINGTON — A year after a federal judge ruled in favor of three drug firms accused of helping to fuel the local opioid epidemic, a three-judge panel of the 4th
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A federal judge soundly rejected the “public nuisance” theory behind most opioid litigation, further isolating the judge in charge of thousands of similar lawsuits who has consistently ruled in favor of plaintiffs on this very question.
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Often described as ground zero for the epidemic, the communities of Cabell County and Huntington, W. Va., had opted out of a settlement and lost their case at trial.