TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 2, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid lawsuit filed by six Tennessee district attorneys whose districts are along the Interstate 75 corridor, the Johnson City Press reports. The suit, filed in 2017, seeks compensation from the companies for the ravages opioids have brought on their communities. The defendants, including Purdue Pharma, Mallinckrodt, Endo Health Solutions and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, had sought to be removed from the case. The prosecutors said they are pushing forward with the case and plan to press for a trial date in the coming months according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The Lebanon Democrat has that story.