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BLOUNTVILLE â In a sweeping ruling in favor of a multi-county lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies that produce opioids, a judge granted a summary judgment against those companies, but delayed any decision on monetary damages.
In the ruling, filed in Sullivan County Circuit Court on Tuesday afternoon, Chancellor E.G. Moody granted a default judgment against Endo Health Solutions Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. in the case of Staubus vs. Purdue, widely recognized as the Sullivan Baby Doe suit.
Moodyâs ruling did not assess damages in the case, but said that will be determined at a later date with a damages trial. The judgment details a dozen false statements Endoâs attorneys made to the court, describes a âcoordinated strategy between Endo and its counsel to ⦠interfere with the administration of justice,â and holds the companies liable for damages sought, an amount that totals $2.4 billion.
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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled last week that defendants in the âSullivan Baby Doeâ and similar lawsuits can be sued for damages by infants harmed by their mothersâ use of opioids under the Tennessee Drug Dealer Liability Act.
The court also ruled that district attorneys general who individually sued the pharmaceutical opioid companies on behalf of their districts did not have standing to sue under the DDLA.
Prescription opioid manufacturers Endo Health Solutions Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. remain as defendants in lawsuits filed by Tennessee district attorneys general.
The âSullivan Baby Doeâ lawsuit, named for a baby born addicted to opiates in 2015 at Holston Valley Medical Center, was filed in June 2017. It spurred similar lawsuits filed by district attorneys general in other Tennessee counties, including a 2017 civil action filed by seven district attorneys general representing Campbell, Cocke and other counti
Humphreys man charged with two felony counts of child molestation
A Humphreys man arrested by the Highway Patrol Tuesday afternoon, December 8
th in Sullivan County has been charged with two felony counts of child molestation in the first degree.
Forty-eight-year-old Joseph Hemenway’s bond is $50,000 cash only.
A probable cause statement from Sullivan County Sheriff Roger Smiley says a 19-year-old girl reported she had been raped by Hemenway in a pickup truck south of Milan in November. During the investigation, the female claimed sexual acts between Hemenway and the female began when she was 10 years old. Incidents of sexual intercourse reportedly happened as she got older until she first reported the acts in November.