Government,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 11, 2022
Walgreens liable for San Francisco opioid crisis, judge rules
The case is one of four bellwether opioid litigations across the nation and attorneys said the detailed 112-page order by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer will be useful to plaintiffs in other cases.
Walgreens violated federal and state law by over-distributing opioids within San Francisco, substantially contributing to the city’s opioid epidemic, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in what the plaintiff called “the first bench trial to decide in plaintiff’s favor in the national opioid litigation.”
The case is one of four bellwether opioid litigations across the nation and attorneys said the detailed 112-page order by U.S. District Judge C...
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