Date: 11-13-2024

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City of Baltirmore v. McKesson and AmerisourceBergen

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Court: Baltimore County, Maryland

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Baltimore, Maryland lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a public nuisance theory.

The City of Baltimore claimed that the defendants oversupplied fentanyl and heroin drugs.

The defendants denied wrongdoing.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott shared a statement after the decision, saying, "The opioid overdose epidemic has taken a toll on every community in this country, but in Baltimore, it has touched every resident in some way and devastated whole families and whole neighborhoods."

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $260 million. The jury assigned 70% responsibility for the public nuisance to McKesson and 27% to AmerisourceBergen. Together, the companies were responsible for about 60% of the half a billion opioids that were shipped to Baltimore city and county between 2006 and 2019, according to federal drug dispensing data.

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