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Morriey asks Ohio federal judge for clarification on state law regarding opioid cases
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster, who is overseeing the multidistrict litigation for the opioid crisis asking him to explain when West Virginia’s law applies in lawsuits brought by municipalities against health care providers. -
Pharmacies seek reversal or new opioid trial, saying process `plagued with errors’
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) Walmart, CVS and Walgreens moved for reversal or a new trial over opioid claims, saying the trial that resulted in a historic public nuisance verdict against them was “plagued with errors” including jury instructions “designed to manufacture a verdict” for the plaintiffs. -
Plaintiff expert says pharmacies `coordinated efforts’ with Purdue
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - A $500-an-hour plaintiff expert helped attorney Mark Lanier pull together the strands of a landmark public-nuisance case against big pharmacy chains, telling jurors that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart all “collaborated in the campaign of misinformation” about the safety of narcotic painkillers that triggered the opioid crisis. -
AGs unite to oppose opioid lawyers' attempt to take 7% of possible multibillion-dollar settlement
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys general from dozens of states are objecting to an attempt by attorneys litigating on behalf of various local government entities suing over the opioid crisis to secure a fee based on a global settlement that could be worth close to $50 billion. -
Opioid settlement that derailed first federal trial could be a harbinger to a national deal
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – Monday’s $260 million settlement between two Ohio counties and several of the nation’s largest drug companies over allegations of complicity in the ongoing opioid crisis just might have provided a road map for reaching a larger settlement of similar claims across the country. -
Property owners allege Ohio county seized interest without just compensation
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) — Two property owners are suing an Ohio county over allegations their ownership interest was seized without their constitutional right to just compensation. -
Purdue Pharma reportedly offers deal to settle opioid MDL claims; Judge recently OK'd plaintiffs experts to testify
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – Purdue Pharma, the maker of the pain drug OxyContin, has reportedly offered a settlement in a lawsuit filed by more than 1,500 counties and municipalities over claims that it helped ignite the opioid crisis that has left hundreds of thousands dead over two decades. -
Ohio manufacturing company managers indicted for alleged obstruction of workplace death probe
CLEVELAND — Two managers of an Ohio manufacturing company have been indicted by a federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for their alleged attempts to obstruct a federal agency's investigation into the workplace death of a company worker. -
Time running out for lawyers suing opioid industry to show specific proof
The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against the opioid industry has given plaintiffs a stark choice on a tight deadline: Hand over evidence of specific prescriptions they believe were improper or lose the right to present such evidence forever. -
G4S Secure Solutions alleged to have failed to pay out paid time off to terminated employees
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – A former employee of a security personnel company in Ohio alleges he and class members were not awarded their paid time off upon their termination as outlined in the company's manual. -
Ohio consumer files class action against Revenue Group over convenience fee
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – An Ohio woman alleges a debt collector attempted to collect a fee not authorized by an agreement.