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The counties blamed pharmacies operated by CVS, Walgreens and Walmart for not stopping the flood of pills that caused hundreds of overdose deaths and cost each of the two counties about $1 billion, their attorney said.

A trial judge will now determine how much CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart owe in damages.

The counties blamed pharmacies operated by CVS, Walgreens and Walmart for not stopping the flood of pills that caused hundreds of overdose deaths and cost each of the two counties about $1 billion, their attorney said.

A trial judge will now determine how much CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart owe in damages.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Three retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday

High-stakes lawsuits accusing drugmakers, distributors, and pharmacies of stoking the national opioid scourge have suffered two major recent ...

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it agreed to pay $297 million to resolve claims that it fueled the opioid epidemic in Texas, guaranteeing the state a quicker payout than it would receive through a proposed $26 billion deal that aims to settle opioid litigation nationwide.

Pharmacy chain Giant Eagle on Wednesday said it had reached a settlement to end allegations that its opioid practices contributed to a public nuisance in two Ohio counties and to leave the first-ever federal jury trial against pharmacies in the opioid litigation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The Ohio federal judge presiding over the bellwether opioid trial brought by two Ohio counties against pharmacies on Monday denied the defendants' bid for a mistrial, which they had sought on the grounds that a juror conducted her own research in defiance of the court's orders.