Tennessee AG Sues Supermarket Chain for Flooding State with Opioids February 8, 2021
Tennessee’s attorney general on Thursday sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain’s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription opioids in the state.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the 208-page complaint in Knox County Circuit Court, saying more than 23% of the opioids the company’s Tennessee pharmacies sold between 2006 and 2014 were from one Knoxville store.
According to the lawsuit, for that one store, Food City bought more 30-milligram oxycodone from its main distributor from October 2011 to January 2012 than was bought by all of the pharmacies in 38 entire states and the Washington, D.C. Additionally, the company sold large amounts of opioids to people from other countries and far-off U.S. states as multiple overdoses happened in stores or their parking lots, t
Tennessee AG sues Food City supermarkets over opioids
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â Tennessee s attorney general has sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription opioids in the state.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the lawsuit Thursday in Knox County Circuit Court. Slatery s office says more than 23% of the opioids the company s Tennessee pharmacy sold between 2006 and 2014 were from one Knoxville store.
The lawsuit is one of several Tennessee has filed against companies over the opioid epidemic. A spokesperson for Food City s parent company called the lawsuit s allegations âgrossly incorrect and unfair.â
Numerous allegations against Food City were made in the state s 208-page complaint. Author: WCYB, WBIR Staff Updated: 7:25 PM EST February 4, 2021
TENNESSEE, USA Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has sued Food City, accusing the company of unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription opioids.
In a statement to our NBC affiliate WCYB, Food City said it vehemently disagrees with the allegations contained in the lawsuit and will vigorously defend itself through the litigation process.
Slatery sued Food City Supermarkets, LLC and K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. in Knox County Circuit Court.
In the press release from Slatery s office, The State contends that Food City violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, violated the Tennessee’s public nuisance statute at three Knoxville-area stores, and created a common law public nuisance by endangering the health of Tennesseans and interfering with the commercial marketplace.
Tennessee AG sues Food City supermarkets over opioids
February 4, 2021 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee’s attorney general on Thursday sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain’s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully selling tens of millions of prescription opioids in the state.
Attorney General Herbert Slatery filed the 208-page complaint in Knox County Circuit Court, saying more than 23% of the opioids the company’s Tennessee pharmacies sold between 2006 and 2014 were from one Knoxville store.
According to the lawsuit, for that one store, Food City bought more 30-milligram oxycodone from its main distributor from October 2011 to January 2012 than was bought by all of the pharmacies in 38 entire states and the Washington, D.C. Additionally, the company sold large amounts of opioids to people from other countries and far-off U.S. states as multiple overdoses happened in stores or their parking lots, the lawsuit states.
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