NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid lawsuit.
The decision means the case against the companies can move forward. Suing are six Tennessee district attorneys whose districts are along the Interstate 75 corridor.
Two children who were born addicted to opioids are also plaintiffs in the suit filed in Campbell County in 2017.
In a Tuesday news release from the district attorneys, Eighth District Attorney General Jared Effler says the group is determined to hold the pharmaceutical companies accountable.
The suit seeks compensation for the ravages that opioids have brought on their communities.
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