AIU Insurance Company et al v. McKesson Corporation

  1. July 31, 2024

    AIG Units Off Hook In Defending McKesson Opioid Suits

    Two AIG insurers have no duty to defend McKesson Corp. over claims it intentionally over-distributed opioids, a California federal court ruled, saying the three underlying suits do not allege a potentially covered occurrence under policies issued between 1999 and 2004.

  2. June 06, 2022

    McKesson Seeks Early Appeal In Opioid Coverage Dispute

    McKesson Corp. urged a California federal court to let it pursue an early appeal on a decision that two of its insurers had no duty to defend the drug distributor in three opioid suits, after the court approved a streamlined, "bellwether" approach to determine threshold coverage issues.

  3. April 06, 2022

    Ruling Favoring Insurers In Opioid Suits May Set Precedent

    A California federal judge's ruling on Tuesday that relieved AIG and a Chubb unit of defending McKesson Corp. in three opioid epidemic lawsuits will have a nationwide impact and could make the state a dead jurisdiction for similar coverage disputes, legal experts say.

  4. May 03, 2021

    McKesson Wants Quick Win In Opioid Suit Coverage Battle

    McKesson Corp. has asked a California federal court to declare that AIG cannot shirk its obligation by not defending it in thousands of lawsuits accusing it of contributing to the opioid epidemic, saying the opioid suits alleged bodily injury squarely covered under the policy.

  5. October 26, 2020

    AIG Sues McKesson Over Opioid Litigation Coverage

    AIG on Friday hit drug distributor McKesson with a suit in California federal court, saying that it shouldn't be responsible for covering settlements in the opioid litigation because the drug distributor has repeatedly failed to provide the insurer with information about the lawsuits.