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A West Virginia city’s lawsuit against a drug company has led to a dispute over which is at fault in the opioid epidemic.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported on Wednesday that one of the nation’s largest drug wholesalers is attempting to dilute responsibility for the opioid crisis after Huntington filed a lawsuit against it.
According to its federal court filling, Cardinal Health asserts nearly 2,000 organizations, businesses and medical professionals could potentially be held accountable for the epidemic.
Huntington alleges that prescription painkiller shipments from Cardinal and other distributors helped fuel the problem, which has led to record numbers of fatal overdoses.
A jury may be asked to assign percentages of blame if the case goes to trial, but only named defendants could be held liable and required to pay damages.
A new pope, a new effort to save pets in the Mountain State and a new potato chip -- a lot to report on this West Virginia Week.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTwenty state attorneys general have sued to stop cuts to a federal low-income heating assistance program. West Virginia is not among them. Many West Virginia households struggle with the cost of heating...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn parts of Appalachia, coal mines have given way to a newer industry. Southwestern Virginia has two high-security, supermax prisons: Wallens Ridge State Prison, near Big Stone Gap, and Red Onion, not far from the town of Pound. Prisoners at Red Onion say they live in poor conditions and are often placed in solitary confinement for long stretches of time. Reporter Charlotte Rene Woods has been covering the story.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, the federal government continues to announce funding cuts to programs like Americorps, but Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she is working toward reinstating some federal workers in Morgantown.
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