Columbus, Ohio (AP) —Whether the Ohio Supreme Court should force drug dealer insurance companies to provide legal protection in the company’s fight against government proceedings related to the Ohio epidemic. Has been decided.
The judge on Wednesday heard a debate between 2010-2018 Hamilton County-based Masters Pharmaceutical and its insurance company, Wisconsin-based Acuity Insurance.
Since 2012, local governments in West Virginia, Michigan, and Nevada have sought compensation for the increased costs of public services that occurred during the community’s fight against the painkiller epidemic, and Masters and other opioid distributors. I sued. They included the need for police, litigation, substance abuse treatment, emergency response and medical services.
The master claims that it did nothing wrong. However, under the contract with Acuity, the company also states that the master needs to be protected from allegations. The Masters argue that previous court decisions upheld the idea that insurers must provide protection to plausible claims for damages.
Acuity’s policy with the Masters requires that it defend a lawsuit alleging “damages from personal injury,” a pharmaceutical company lawyer claimed in a court filed earlier this year.
The lawyer said Acuity needs to protect the master from those proceedings as the government is suing the master for medical and medical costs for citizens allegedly damaged by the distribution of the company’s opioids.
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