National pharmacy chains cannot be held liable for allegations they violated an Ohio public nuisance law by flooding communities with addictive pain pills, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The Ohio Supreme Court’s isn’t technically a final ruling, but it sides with CVS Health ... and Trumbull counties in finding that the chain pharmacy operators helped fuel an opioid crisis ...

Ohio Supreme Court Sides With Pharmacies in Appeal of $650 ... bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid litigation, a decision ...

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that three of the largest pharmacy chain operators in the U.S. could not be held liable under a state nuisance law for contributing to the long-running opioid crisis.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio Supreme Court ruling threatens a $650 million judgment two counties won from pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart for their role in creating an opioid epidemic.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as ...