A federal jury concluded on Tuesday that pharmacies operated by Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens recklessly distributed opioids in two Ohio counties, marking the first time pharmacy companies finished a trial pertaining to the opioid crisis.
Attorneys for Lake and Trumbull counties in northeast Ohio blamed pharmacies operated by those companies for failing to prevent distribution of opioid painkillers. The failure resulted in hundreds of overdose deaths that cost the counties about $1 billion, attorneys said.
The lawsuit was one of about 3,000 opioid-related cases that are being overseen by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland.
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