Parties Debate State Of Public Nuisance Opioid Case After Remand By 4th Circuit

( February 2, 2026, 2:29 PM EST) -- HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Three national drug distributors on Jan. 30 told a West Virigina federal court that a decision by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that under West Virginia law, the over-distribution of opioids XE "opioids"  can constitute a public nuisance, does not disturb any of the lower court’s “existing factual findings, second-guess any of its credibility determinations, or address its separate expert exclusion ruling.”...