Cases against doctors at SCOTUS weigh heavily on opioid litigation against Walmart
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A pair of cases now pending before the U.S. Supreme Court might decide whether the government can pursue billions of dollars in damages from Walmart for filling โinvalidโ opioid prescriptions. At the core of the cases is the question of when a doctor โ and by extension, a pharmacist โ crosses the line from practicing legitimate medicine to illegally selling drugs like a street-corner pusher.
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