Trumbull County, OH, et al v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al

  1. February 03, 2025

    6th Circ. Axes $650M Judgment Against CVS, Walgreens

    The Sixth Circuit has vacated two Ohio counties' $650 million win against CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart, an expected decision that comes after the Ohio Supreme Court found that the state's product liability law doesn't allow for public nuisance claims to be brought over the opioid crisis.

  2. December 16, 2024

    Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To 2024's Most Memorable Moments

    One judge said a litigant's position would cause "an effing nightmare," and another decried the legal community's silence amid "illegitimate aspersions." Public officials literally trashed one court's opinion, and fateful rulings dealt with controversial politicians, social media and decades of environmental policy. Those were just a few appellate highlights in 2024, a year teeming with memorable moments both substantive and sensational.

  3. December 10, 2024

    Ohio Justices Reject Opioid Nuisance Claims In $650M Appeal

    The majority of the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the state's product liability law doesn't allow for public nuisance claims to be brought over the opioid crisis, in a challenge to a $650 million verdict won by two counties.

  4. September 12, 2023

    6th Circ. Asks Ohio Justices To Settle $650M Opioid Question

    The Sixth Circuit has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to decide whether the opioid epidemic can be considered a public nuisance, an issue that could determine whether two Ohio counties can keep their $650 million jury award against CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart.

  5. March 22, 2023

    Feds Tell 6th Circ. Pharmacies Have Opioid Duties

    The federal government on Tuesday told the Sixth Circuit that pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, in their appeal of a $650 million opioid trial judgment, mistakenly argue that they have minimal responsibilities to screen for suspicious prescriptions under the Controlled Substances Act.

  6. February 15, 2023

    'Egregious' Opioid Sales Support $650M Verdict, 6th Circ. Told

    The Ohio counties of Lake and Trumbull late Tuesday defended their milestone $650 million opioid trial win over pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, telling the Sixth Circuit that their claims that the pharmacies created a public nuisance by "egregious" opioid dispensing aren't barred by federal law.

  7. October 07, 2022

    New Opioid Case Called 'Waste Of Time' Amid 6th Circ. Appeal

    The hugely expensive effort to prepare a new bellwether trial in multidistrict opioid litigation should cease because the Sixth Circuit might soon reject the controversial legal theory undergirding opioid cases, according to major pharmacy chains.

  8. September 30, 2022

    Administrator Named In CVS-Walgreens-Walmart Opioid Order

    A Cleveland federal judge presiding over thousands of opioid cases appointed his special master on Friday as administrator for abatement programs mandated as part of a judgment against CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, which were found liable to the tune of $650 million for contributing to prescription painkiller-related problems in two Ohio counties.

  9. September 07, 2022

    CVS, Walgreens, Walmart Will Fight $650M Ohio Opioid Order

    Three major pharmacy chains plan to challenge a federal judge's order to pay more than $650 million toward a plan to abate the opioid epidemic in two Northeast Ohio counties, according to notices of appeal filed Wednesday.