A.G. McCuskey Announces Opioid Lawsuit Against Express Scripts

“An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts as a “bad actor” in the opioid-involved overdose crisis, making the state the latest to turn its litigation on pharmacy benefit managers (PBM).  McCusky filed the suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia on August 15, alleging violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and characterizing …

A.G. McCuskey announces opioid lawsuit against Express Scripts

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Attorney General J.B. McCuskey held a news conference in his capitol office Monday morning to announce a new lawsuit against the pharmacy benefit management company Express Scripts. McCuskey said the company maneuvered itself into a position of power in the West Virginia pharmaceutical market and used it to make money through the sale of opioids. Express Scripts is one of the largest mail order pharmacies in the countr…

Attorney General McCuskey files lawsuit against Express Scripts for role in W.Va. opioid crisis

CHARLESTON – Alleging that it was the true “architect” of West Virginia’s substance use disorder crisis first fueled by prescription opioids, Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a lawsuit against the owners of Express Scripts.

West Virginia sues health care company in ongoing opioid litigation