Distributors Can't Duck Nuisance Claim Ahead Of Opioid Trial

By Emily Field · 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...

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City of Huntington, West Virginia et al v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation et al

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West Virginia Southern

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Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

January 24, 2020

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