Opioid MDL Distributors Seek Interlocutory Appeal Of County’s RICO Complaint

(January 18, 2019, 9:10 AM EST) -- CLEVELAND — Three drug distributors on Jan. 15 asked the Ohio federal court overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation to certified for interlocutory appeal the question of whether an Ohio county can bring a claim against them under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (In Re:  National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, Summit, et al. v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., No. 18-op-45090, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Div.)....

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