TN AG: No Federal Suit against Big Pharma
Knoxville News Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE What was set to be a fierce legal battle over power — and money — in the effort to...
Drug Distributor to Donate 80,000 Doses of Overdose Antidote
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio-based drug distributor facing lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis is donating more than 80,000 doses of an...
5 More Tennessee District Attorneys General Sue Opioid Producers
Five more district attorneys general in Tennessee have filed a joint lawsuit against prescription opioid producers. The Thirteenth,...
Nashville Sues Opioid Manufacturers to Recoup Costs of Fighting Epidemic
Metro government filed suit late Friday against multiple manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids, making Nashville the...
Metro Files Lawsuit Against Prescription Opioid Manufacturers
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Each day, more than 100 Americans are killed by opioids. Now, Nashville’s Metro government and Davidson County...
Nashville Plots Possible Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Metro Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday night to authorize Mayor Megan Barry to file suit against makers...
Who is Joe Rannazzisi: The DEA Man Who Fought the Drug Companies and Lost
Joe Rannazzisi is a man of strong passions who admits that he has a temper. For more than a decade, he was the frontman in the...
Attorneys Take on Opioid Manufacturers with Legal Actions
The fight against the opioid addiction moves to the courtroom as attorneys in East Tennessee work to stop the epidemic. Branstetter,...
Campbell, Knox Among Counties Suing Big Pharma
JAMIE SATTERFIELD USA TODAY NETWORK - TENNESSEE Even as a fight that could lead to a quick end to a new push to sue pharmaceutical...
Morristown Doctor Added as Seventh Defendant in Opioid Lawsuit
A Morristown doctor has been added as the seventh defendant in a lawsuit filed against three major pharmaceutical companies, a Kingsport...