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$15.3M Penalty For Omnicare Over Opioid Allegations
Omnicare, an Ohio-based company, will pay a settlement of $15.3 million for the allegations of allowing the distribution of opioids and other controlled substances to patients without a valid prescription. The company was acquired by CVS…
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Opioid Defendants Head Back To Sixth Circuit
Several opioids defendants, following a quiet appellate proceeding, returned to the Sixth Circuit filing a mandamus petition challenging the U.S. District Judge Dan Polster's order to produce “transactional dispensing data for the entire…
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Okla. Opioid Crisis: AG To Refile Case In State Court
On Friday, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter voluntarily dismissed the opioid lawsuit against three distributors that have been moved to federal court and will refile new lawsuits in state court against each company individually.Opioids…
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$114M Settlement For Rhode Island Over Opioid Crisis
A settlement of more than $114 million has been reached between Rhode Island and opioid manufacturer and distributors over the opioid crisis in the state.State Attorney General Peter Neronha announced that opioid manufacturer, Johnson…
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$6.5M Settlement In A 2017 LA Car Collision
A federal jury has ordered Los Angeles County to pay a $6.5 million settlement to a 16-year-old Torrance high school baseball player killed in a 2017 traffic collision.As per the lawsuit, the incident took place at 10. pm. on March 7, 2017,…
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Missoula Agrees To Join Opioid Lawsuit Against Drug Makers
A Missoula City Council committee agreed to join the opioid lawsuit filed by other governments in Montana, including Great Falls and Lake County, against the manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids.Mayor John Engen said, "…
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Judge Polster Overseeing the ‘Opioid Litigation’ Orders DEA to Divulge Data
U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster, overseeing the Opioid multidistrict litigation (MDL) No: 2804, released a court order on May 8, requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to hand over important transactional sales details of…
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Sangamon County Sues Opioid Makers
On February 27, Sangamon County filed a lawsuit against the opioid manufacturers and distributors due to the growing opioid crisis in Illinois, which resulted in 27 deaths in 2019. The Director of the Sangamon County Department of Public…
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San Francisco: The Latest To Sue Opioid Pharma Companies
San Francisco is the latest to sue a slew of prescription drugmakers and distributors alleging that they went against the federal laws by marketing opioids as safe to use drugs. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit on…
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Court Rejects Opioid Manufacturers’ Plea
A lawsuit brought by the District Attorney of Santa Clara County Counsel and the Orange County on behalf of the People of the State of California was finally allowed to move forward as per the Orange County Superior Court’s order rejecting…