W. Va. judge sides with drug distributors in bellwether opioid trial
A federal judge in West Virginia, ground zero of the opioid epidemic, ruled that AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson are not to blame f...
A federal judge in West Virginia, ground zero of the opioid epidemic, ruled that AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson are not to blame for the epidemic that has led to more than 10% of the population in Huntington and Cabello County having an opioid addiction as of 2017. The case — City of Huntington v. AmerisourceBergen et al. in the Southern District of West Virginia — is the first bellwether trial that's part of the National Prescription Opiate Multidistrict Litigation involving thousands of cases relating to the opioid crisis, and will give a window into how similar cases may be handled in other counties in the MDL.