The trial begins Monday in Cleveland. Two Ohio counties are suing CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle and Walmart.
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Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
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A landmark opioid trial puts spotlight on pharmacy chains CVS, Walmart and Walgreens
In a bellwether federal trial starting Monday in Cleveland, Lake and Trumbull counties will try to convince a jury that the retail pharmacy companies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication into their communities.
The country's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Cleveland, Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.
The nation's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.
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