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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.