The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that Ohio's product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public-nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as part of national opioid

The court case centered around the Opioid Crisis and whether CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart Pharmacies helped create a public nuisance.

The Ohio Supreme Court said on Tuesday that big chain pharmacies could not be sued and held liable under Ohio's public nuisance law for their role in the national opioid addiction crisis. Instead, the Ohio Product Liability Act trumps the nuisance law for a case like this,

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A state Supreme Court ruling Tuesday all but cast a death knell over a $650.9 million judgment two Ohio counties won from chain pharmacy operators for their role in sparking an opioid epidemic.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens could not be held liable for contributing to the opioid crisis under a state nuisance law.