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By Ronni Chase Dec 30, 2020 6:45 PM At the request of 8th District Attorney General Jared Effler, TBI Agents are working alongside the Fentress County Sheriff’s Office in investigating a shooting that occurred on the evening of December 27th. Preliminary information indicates that two people were traveling along Highway 127 when an individual in a pickup truck fired shots into their vehicle, striking the driver. The driver was transported to a local hospital for treatment and has since been released. At this time, the investigation remains active and ongoing.

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled last week that defendants in the “Sullivan Baby Doe” and similar lawsuits can be sued for damages by infants harmed by their mothers’ 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 Ten...

Knoxville News Sentinel In the first ruling of its kind in Tennessee, the state Supreme Court says opioid makers and distributors who act like drug dealers can be sued as drug dealers. In an unanimous decision authored by Justice Sharon Lee and released Thursday, the high court ruled Big Pharma can be sued under the Tennessee Drug Dealer Liability act — a state law that allows “innocent third parties” of illegal drug dealing to sue drug dealers for damages. The court ruled that opioid makers and distributors cannot shield themselves from the law by arguing they make and sell legal drug...