By Associated Press - Wednesday, January 6, 2021

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal judge in West Virginia has set a new trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis.

U.S. District Judge David Faber on Wednesday set May 3 as the new trial date. The trial had been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The lawsuit accuses drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson of fueling the local opioid epidemic.



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