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AG's office announces multimillion-dollar settlement with Rite Aid
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a settlement that may add up to $30 million with Rite Aid to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the pharmacy chain failed to maintain effective controls against diversion and it contributed to oversupply of opioids in the state. -
Pharmacies in opioid MDL ordered to turn over 14 years of prescriptions as states, ACLU fight similar requests
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has ordered the nation’s leading pharmacy chains to turn over billions of nationwide prescription records going back 14 years - even as the American Civil Liberties Union and some states attack similar requests by the government as overbroad and an invasion of privacy. -
Pharmacies facing opioid lawsuits file claims against doctors who did the prescribing
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - Saying they have been unfairly targeted because of their deep pockets, pharmacies facing trial in opioid multidistrict litigation in Ohio later this year filed claims against hundreds of unnamed practitioners who may have written improper prescriptions for addictive painkillers. -
Hospitals sue opioid manufacturers, distributors to recoup costs of opioid epidemic
MOUNDSVILLE — Thirty-seven hospitals in West Virginia and Kentucky are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors they claim caused the crisis in the area. -
Blame the criminals, pharmacies facing opioid lawsuits say
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) – Large pharmacy chains are asking why they are being sued by hundreds of cities and counties over the opioid crisis instead of the criminals who pushed drugs to addicts. -
Pharmacist accuses Rite-Aid of discrimination
PHILIPPI — A Barbour County pharmacist is suing Rite Aid, alleging discrimination and wrongful termination. -
W.Va. liability law passes first test in federal opioid cases
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s liability law has passed its first test by allowing defendants in opioid epidemic suits to spread blame. The new law gives defendants 180 days to identify possibly responsible parties that plaintiffs didn’t sue. Those other parties will pay nothing on a jury verdict, but their share of liability will reduce the damages defendants must pay. -
Wayne Co. couple says Rite Aid filled prescriptions with wrong medications
CHARLESTON – A Wayne County couple is suing Rite Aid of West Virginia after they claim it filled two prescriptions with the wrong medications. Rite Aid Headquarters Corporations, Claudine Griffiths and John Doe were also named as defendants in the suit.