Opioid Companies-Lawsuit.

A federal appeals court has overturned a landmark decision in an opioid lawsuit in West Virginia. A lower court judge had rejected attempts by an opioid-ravaged area to be compensated by U.S. drug distributors for a influx of prescription pain pills. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled that the judge erred when he said West Virginia’s public nuisance law did not apply to the lawsuit. Cabell County and the city of Huntington had accused three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a public health crisis. Tuesday’s ruling sends the case back to U.S. District Court in Charleston for further proceedings.