The Illinois counties are suing the drugstore chains for helping create what they call the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history.
Now, 19 Illinois counties – among them Cook, McHenry, and DuPage – are filing similar lawsuits.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland ordered CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart to pay Lake County, Ohio - located on Lake Erie just east of Cleveland - and Trumbull County, Ohio just north of Youngstown, a total of $650 million in damages. The suit adds in its claims:"These distributors and pharmacies acted without regard for the lives that would be trammeled in pursuit of profit," helping create"the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history".
As for the huge sums of money being tossed around, the money is not going to individual victims - rather the communities hardest hit.
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