CN files opioid lawsuit in state court

SALLISAW – Following a Jan. 9 federal court ruling stating the Cherokee Nation could not sue six opioid drug distributors and retailers in its judicial system, the tribe’s attorney general filed a similar lawsuit in Sequoyah County District Court.

The Jan. 19 suit alleges the McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., AmerisourceBergen, CVS Health Corporation, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. failed to prevent an epidemic of prescription opioid abuse within the tribe’s 14-county jurisdiction.

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