Judge sides with Cabell, Huntington in opioid case; trial set to begin next week
CHARLESTON – As the trial date looms next week, a federal judge again has denied motions for summary judgment from the defendant opioid distributors. On April 29, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Faber denied a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the plaintiff municipalities can't prove the "fault" element of their public nuisance claim. That motion had been filed by the defendant companies AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. The plaintiffs are the Cabell County Commission and the City of Huntington. "Plaintiffs proceed in this case on a single cause of action: p...