Summary Judgment Denied For 3 Drug Distributors On County’s Opioid Nuisance Claim

Mealey's (April 30, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia federal judge on April 26 denied a motion by three drug distributors for summary judgment on a county’s public nuisance claim, rejecting defendants’ argument that the county cannot do anything to abate the opioid abuse crisis and that the public nuisance claim is disallowed by state law....