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Oral arguments regarding local opioid litigation to be heard by WV Supreme Court

By Destiney Dingess, HD Media

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The City of Huntington and Cabell County will have another day in court regarding an opioid litigation case that was filed in 2017 against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in the area.

Oral arguments on the civil case have been set before the West Virginia Supreme Court for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 in Charleston. The hearing comes after the city and county appealed Southern District Judge David A. Faber’s ruling in favor of the drugmakers in July 2022. Faber ruled that the state’s common law of public nuisance did not cover the sale, distribution and manufacture of opioids.

The city and county’s case is against drugmakers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson.

Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/oral-arguments-regarding-local-opioid-litigation-to-be-heard-by-wv-supreme-court/article_cdaf3d10-daaf-11ef-bd43-c7ad8fa4ad9e.html

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