Rite Aid Asks NJ Bankruptcy Court To Stay Ohio Opioid Case
By Emlyn Cameron · November 17, 2023, 5:51 PM EST
Rite Aid Corp. asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to issue an injunction blocking the federal government from litigating a whistleblower suit in Ohio over the filling of illegal opioid prescriptions...
Bankrupt drugstore chain Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 Oct. 15 with plans to close more retail locations, sell its pharmacy benefits manager business and shed some of its $4 billion of total funded debt. A New Jersey bankruptcy judge in June agreed to approve its Chapter 11 plan to pay $2.6 billion in term and asset-based loans in cash, exchange $1.2 billion in senior notes for equity and set up a recovery fund for some 1,600 opioid claims that includes $43 million in cash and 10% equity in the reorganized company.
Case Number
3:23-bk-18993
Judge
Michael B. Kaplan
Venue
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey