Health Care & Hospital Law,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 1, 2021
Challenge to pharmacy’s opioid control is dismissed
The lawsuit was brought by chronic pain patients, people in nursing home care and people undergoing cancer treatment, alleging Walgreens and Costco adopted illegally restrictive prescribing policies.
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a disability discrimination class action against Walgreens and Costco alleging they illegally refused to dispense opioids to people with chronic pain and other ailments, finding that policies maintained by the companies' pharmacies do not single out disabled people.
"All of Plaintiff's claims rest on the same premise -- that Defendants' policies either exclusively or disproportionately discriminate agai...
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