• In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

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