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

  1. 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.

  2. December 02, 2022

    CVS, Walgreens Take Aim At $650M Opioid Verdict

    Pharmacy giants CVS, Walgreens and Walmart have fought back against a $650 million judgment in litigation over their role in the opioid crisis, arguing in a Thursday appellate brief that the "unprecedented" award wrongly holds the pharmacies responsible for the opioid crisis "writ large."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.