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A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

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July 4, 2022 National, News from NPR

Huntington, W.Va., Mayor Steve Williams, left, and lawyer Rusty Webb enter the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., in May. A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis in a West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

(Image credit: Kenny Kemp/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

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