(August 7, 2018, 12:12 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — Forty-five small hospitals on Aug. 3 told the opioid multidistrict litigation court that it should deny a motion by opioid manufacturers and distributors to exclude them from the first bellwether trial, saying they are on the front line of the opioid epidemic and are burdened with providing care that is uncompensated or undercompensated (In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MLD Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Div.)....