Mississippi Contends Maryland High Court Opioid Ruling Has No Bearing On Its Case

( April 8, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi told a federal court in the state that a recent decision by the Maryland Supreme Court that the dispensing of opioids by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), mail order pharmacies and retail pharmacies does not constitute an actionable public nuisance “applies vastly different state law” and does not support PBMs’ motion to dismiss claims pending against them in a Mississippi federal court....