City of Huntington, West Virginia et al v. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation et al

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Case Number:

3:17-cv-01362

Court:

West Virginia Southern

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Judge:

David A. Faber

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  1. April 29, 2021

    5 Key Details As Clock Ticks Down To Opioid MDL's 1st Trial

    After years of sparring in multidistrict litigation over the opioid crisis, Appalachian communities and deep-pocketed drug corporations will face off Monday in the MDL's first bellwether trial. Here, Law360 looks at the lead lawyers, pivotal disputes and bleak accounts of American towns falling apart.

  2. April 26, 2021

    Distributors Lose Pretrial Attack On W.Va. Opioid Damages

    A West Virginia federal judge on Monday rejected a bid by drug distributors to end a bellwether suit in the national opioid multidistrict litigation, saying the court isn't prepared to find that municipalities can't seek funding as abatement for a public nuisance claim.

  3. March 31, 2021

    Distributors Can't Duck Nuisance Claim Ahead Of Opioid Trial

    The federal judge overseeing the soon-approaching West Virginia bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the nation's opioid crisis on Wednesday shot down drug distributors' attempts to ditch the sole public nuisance claim brought by local governments.

  4. March 18, 2021

    Opioid Distributors Argue 'Nuisance' Trial Theory Is Nonstarter

    Opioid distributors fighting to end an upcoming bellwether trial before it starts told a West Virginia federal judge Thursday that the "public nuisance" claim anchoring the case doesn't actually apply.

  5. January 06, 2021

    W.Va. Opioid Distributor Bellwether Trial Set For May

    A West Virginia federal judge on Wednesday set a May trial date for the three major drug distributors over claims they fueled the opioid crisis, waving away their protestations that the coronavirus vaccine rollout has been troublingly slow and saying it's time to "get some closure."

  6. January 03, 2021

    2021 Trials To Watch As Litigants Return To Court — Hopefully

    After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic swiped numerous important trials off the table, 2021 is widely hoped to bring broad vaccine availability and a return to the courtroom for many who have been awaiting their days in court.

  7. December 03, 2020

    W.Va. Opioid Bellwether Delayed By Virus Concerns

    A West Virginia federal court on Thursday delayed a planned January opioid trial after the three major U.S. drug distributors argued the worsening coronavirus pandemic made it too dangerous, but the judge hinted the rescheduled trial could be partially remote.

  8. December 02, 2020

    Don't Let Virus Delay W.Va. Opioid Bellwether, Court Urged

    A West Virginia county and city asked a federal court Tuesday to stick with a planned January trial date for bellwether claims against the three major U.S. drug distributors over the opioid crisis, saying opening arguments and more can be done remotely amid the coronavirus crisis.

  9. November 13, 2020

    Opioid Expert's Data Belongs In Bellwether Trial, Judge Told

    Two local West Virginia governments are fighting to keep in play an expert's testimony about the magnitude of opioid use and overdose deaths in an upcoming bellwether trial over the nationwide epidemic, saying protests from drug distributors rely on their lawyers' "inaccurate" reading of textbook epidemiology.

  10. November 09, 2020

    McKesson Says Ex-Exec's Opioid Guilty Plea Is Inadmissible

    McKesson Corp., one of the companies at the center of national litigation over the opioid crisis, is looking to block the details of its former director of regulatory affairs' guilty plea from its upcoming trial against two West Virginia local governments, telling a West Virginia federal court that the information is hearsay and doesn't qualify for an exception under federal regulations.