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In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:17-md-02804

Court:

Ohio Northern

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Dan Aaron Polster (MDL 28

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  1. April 29, 2025

    Opioid MDL Judge Won't Recuse Over Ex Parte Allegations

    An Ohio federal judge will not step aside from multidistrict opioid litigation after the plaintiffs' attorney, who had alleged the judge "regularly communicates" with other lawyers involved in the litigation, testified that there was no such communication after all, the judge ruled Tuesday.

  2. April 03, 2025

    Optum, Express Scripts Want Judge Ousted From Opioid MDL

    Pharmacy benefit managers Optum and Express Scripts say the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation should recuse himself because he "regularly communicates" with plaintiffs' attorneys in the litigation and is biased in favor of plaintiffs, according to a motion filed Wednesday.

  3. March 19, 2025

    Ohio Judge Blasts Fla. Atty In Opioid MDL For False Statements

    The Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation has sanctioned a Florida attorney who represents 15 municipal subdivision plaintiffs for repeatedly stating that members of their attorney leadership team regularly engaged in improper communications with the court.

  4. March 19, 2025

    Ohio Opioid Judge Says Texas Court Should Hear Appeal Bid

    An Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation denied Albertsons Cos.' request to appeal its summary judgment loss in the bellwether case brought by a Texas county, saying Wednesday that since pretrial proceedings are now done, the appeal should head to the appellate court for the Lone Star State.

  5. March 11, 2025

    Zydus Cuts Deal With States, Tribes In Opioid Nuisance Suit

    Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has reached a deal in principle with states and Native American tribes that should quash claims related to the company's alleged role in exasperating the opioid crisis.

  6. January 29, 2025

    Albertsons Must Face County's Opioid Nuisance Claims

    Albertsons Cos. Inc. can't escape a Texas county's public nuisance claims stemming from opioid sales at the grocery giant's in-store pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying there's a "common law duty of care" for pharmacies not to expose the county to a "reasonably foreseeable" risk of harm.

  7. January 16, 2025

    Chamber Slams Opioid Judge's PBM Audit Privilege Ruling

    The Sixth Circuit must step in to prevent a pharmacy benefit manager from being forced to turn over internal compliance audit documents, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, arguing a lower court's decision threatens to undermine the聽existence of in-house counsel's attorney-client privilege.聽

  8. January 07, 2025

    PBMs And Health Insurers Back In Court In New Year

    In the first week of the New Year, courts got busy dishing out a tough discovery decision to pharmacy benefit managers and hearing arguments over insurance denials from Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield.聽Here, 极速赛车 Healthcare Authority takes a look at some of the key decisions, arguments and lawsuits from the first week of 2025.聽

  9. January 07, 2025

    6th Circ. Declines To Send Publix Questions To Ga. High Court

    The Sixth Circuit won't certify a set of questions about Georgia state nuisance law to the state's Supreme Court, after ruling that Publix Super Markets Inc. hasn't shown the appeals court needs to step in before a bellwether trial in the national opioid multidistrict litigation.

  10. January 03, 2025

    PBMs 'Wasting' Time in Opioid MDL Discovery Spat: Judge

    An Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation聽on Friday denied pharmacy benefit managers a stay to appeal a discovery order and said he believed the PBMs were "wasting" the court's time.