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City of Huntington, West Virginia et al v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation et al
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3:17-cv-01362
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Firms
- Bailey & Glasser
- Bailey & Wyant
- Baker Sterchi
- Baron & Budd
- Bartlit Beck
- Bowles Rice
- Covington & Burling
- Dykema
- Farrell & Fuller
- Fitzsimmons Law Firm
- Flaherty Sensabaugh
- Greene Ketchum
- Hill Peterson Carper
- Irpino Avin
- Jenkins Fenstermaker
- Jones Day
- Keller Rohrback
- Kobre & Kim
- Lamp Bartram
- Lanier Law Firm
- Levin Papantonio
- Lewis Gianola
- Lieff Cabraser
- McHugh Fuller
- Morgan Lewis
- Motley Rice
- Powell & Majestro
- Reed Smith
- Seeger Weiss
- Simmons Hanly
- Spilman Thomas
- Stites & Harbison
- Theisen Brock
- Thomas Combs
- UB Greensfelder
- Weisman Kennedy
- Williams & Connolly
- Zuckerman Spaeder
Companies
- Allergan PLC
- Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Cabell Huntington Hospital
- Cardinal Health Inc.
- Cencora Inc.
- Cephalon Inc.
- CVS Health Corp.
- Endo International PLC
- Express Scripts Holding Co.
- H.D. Smith LLC
- Impax Laboratories, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- KVK Tech Inc.
- Mallinckrodt PLC
- McKesson Corp.
- Noramco Inc.
- Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.
- Purdue Pharma LP
- Rite Aid Corp.
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
- The Cigna Group
- The Kroger Co.
- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
- Walmart Inc.
- Warner Chilcott Limited
Government Agencies
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
- West Virginia Attorney General's Office
- West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources
- West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner
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July 04, 2022
Drug Distributors Off Hook In W.Va. Opioid Trial
The judge overseeing the first federal bellwether trial in multidistrict opioid litigation found Monday that a West Virginia county failed to prove the nation's three largest drug distributors flooded the area with huge shipments of opioids and created a public nuisance.
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March 11, 2022
Key Opioid Cases To Watch As Massive Wave Of Trials Looms
Despite sweeping settlements and landmark verdicts, the nation's epic saga of opioid crisis litigation against Big Pharma is far from winding down, with the coming weeks heralding an unprecedented torrent of trials. Here, Law360 shares a detailed map of the opioid trials terrain and explores major lawsuits that are rapidly approaching moments of truth.
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July 28, 2021
Opioid Distributors Pin Blame On Others As W.Va. Trial Ends
Drug distributors ended their bellwether case in West Virginia on Wednesday with a declaration that opioids piled up there because of doctors, legislators, health officials, the DEA — and the state's just plain unhealthy people.
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July 27, 2021
'Mountainous' Opioid Shipments Fed Crisis, Judge Told
Lawyers for a small Appalachian county began closing arguments Tuesday in a West Virginia trial seen as an important test of liability for the opioid epidemic, arguing that the "Big Three" drug distributors' "mountainous" shipments fed multiple waves of addiction.
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July 23, 2021
Opioid Wholesalers, W.Va. Gov'ts Set To Wrap Bellwether
A two-day closing marathon in a bellwether opioid crisis trial in West Virginia federal court is set to start Tuesday after the city and county at the heart of the case battled in recent days to reinforce their position that distributors weren't invisible middlemen but causes of the problem.
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July 09, 2021
Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Review
Long-awaited trials over the opioid crisis have started and the first federal bellwether case against major pharmacies is scheduled to kick off this fall, capturing product liability attorneys' attention for the second half of 2021.
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May 28, 2021
Key Opioid Trials To Watch As Cases Heat Up Nationwide
With the coronavirus crisis cooling down, a pressure cooker of opioid litigation is heating up with long-awaited trials across the country. Here, Law360 maps out the hottest cases and spotlights must-know details in trials that are underway or imminent.
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May 04, 2021
'Gateway Effect' Is Instant Flashpoint In Opioid MDL's 1st Trial
West Virginia communities moved forcefully Tuesday to show that prescription opioids have been a "gateway" leading Americans on deadly paths to heroin and illicit fentanyl, escalating a crucial and controversial debate in multidistrict opioid litigation's leadoff trial.
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May 03, 2021
At W.Va. Opioid Trial, Drug Cos. Battle 'Occam's Razor'
The first opioid-crisis trial in federal court started Monday, with West Virginia communities saying vast sales of narcotic painkillers are an obvious explanation for vast numbers of deaths, and drug companies describing themselves as scapegoats for the failures and crimes of others.
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April 29, 2021
5 Key Details As Clock Ticks Down To Opioid MDL's 1st Trial
After years of sparring in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis, Appalachian communities and deep-pocketed drug corporations will face off Monday in the MDL's first bellwether trial. Here, Law360 looks at the lead lawyers, pivotal disputes and bleak accounts of American towns falling apart.