U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
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Cabell sheriff paints picture of opioid crisis through testimony
CHARLESTON – At the landmark federal opioid trial, Cabell County Sherriff Chuck Zerkle testified being directly involved in Huntington, once deemed “epicenter of the opioid crisis,” has evolved. -
Drug distributors object to expert witness with DEA background looking at company data
CHARLESTON – All three major drug distribution companies objected to Cabell County and Huntington attorneys bringing in an expert witness with a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration background to examine opioid data. -
McKesson warned customers nearing threshold limits
CHARLESTON – Attorneys representing Cabell County and the City of Huntington probed a McKesson sales representative on warning customers of nearing threshold limits, pushing increases and pushing sales – including controlled substances. -
Emails show McKesson employees felt 'overwhelmed,' 'not possible to be truly diligent'
CHARLESTON – As the landmark federal opioid trial entered its fourth week, plaintiffs jumped into McKesson Corporation’s threshold guidelines and due diligence process. -
Lawyers continue to question company's knowledge of excessive opioid shipments
CHARLESTON – As the landmark opioid trial continues, lawyers brought in a former AmerisourceBergen’s sales executive to ask what he knew about more than 32 million prescription pain pills being shipped to Huntington and the rest of Cabell County over an eight-year span. -
Opioid data: Threshold kept increasing as Huntington/Cabell received more than 36.2M doses in 8 years
CHARLESTON – As the federal trial against three major opioid distributors continued, data showing pharmacies in Huntington and Cabell County were ordering well above the national average of controlled substances, some ordering more than five times the national average. -
During testimony, official says Cabell Co. has data linking painkillers to illegal drug use
Meanwhile, the drug distributors -- McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health -- sought to put the focus on the role of prescribers, as well as health officials' decision not to go after distributors earlier. -
Distributors object to Gupta's testimony on transition from prescription to street drugs
CHARLESTON – A historian of opioid use and drug policy testified, in a federal trial against three major opioid distributors Wednesday, about three principal opioid epidemics that preceded the ongoing crisis. -
Expert says brains have similar changes with prescription and illicit opioids
CHARLESTON -- While opioid distributors have argued there is no proof of connection between prescription painkiller use and illicit drug use, an expert in the neurobiology of addiction said, during the second day of a landmark federal trial against those distributors, that people who take prescription painkillers and illicit opioids see the same changes in their brain chemistry. -
UPDATE: Landmark federal opioid trial against three drug distributors begins
CHARLESTON – The landmark bellwether trial accusing three major drug distributors of helping fuel the opioid epidemic has begun. -
UPDATE: Federal judge denies more motions from opioid manufacturers as trial start looms
CHARLESTON – As the trial date looms next week, a federal judge again has denied motions for summary judgment from the defendant opioid distributors. -
Houston law firm ‘blew’ the statute of limitations for possibly ‘thousands’ of vaginal mesh clients, suit alleges
HOUSTON – Clark, Love & Hutson, the self-proclaimed leaders in vaginal mesh litigation, has been hit with another lawsuit alleging the firm “blew” the statute of limitations for possibly “thousands” of clients. -
Frontier files suit over West Virginia's House Bill 3093
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) – The West Virginia arm of Frontier Communications has filed a suit against the state's governor and other officials regarding House Bill 3093, which pertains to access to utility poles.