Huntington and Cabell County opioid lawsuit revived by federal appeals court

In a 49-page ruling, a three-judge appeals panel found that West Virginia’s nuisance law could be applied to the distribution of opioids.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived the efforts of the city of Huntington and Cabell County to hold the nation’s largest drug distributors responsible for that community’s opioid overdose crisis.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district judge’s ruling that West Virginia’s nuisance law — a central part of the Huntington-Cabell lawsuit — could not be applied to the case. Read the full article.