Controlled Substances Act Duty Exists But Opioid MDL Judge Will Let Jury Decide

Mealey's (August 23, 2019, 1:01 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — The Ohio federal judge presiding over the opioid multidistrict litigation on Aug. 9 granted summary judgment to plaintiffs on the issue of whether defendants owe duties under the Controlled Substances Act to report suspicious opioid orders, but he declined to find that the defendants committed actual violations, leaving that issue for a jury (In Re:  National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL Docket No. 2804, No. 17-md-2804, N.D. Ohio, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 140020)....

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