TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 3, 2022

Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens in Knox County Circuit Court for violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, violating Tennessee’s public nuisance statute, and creating a common law public nuisance through the unlawful sale and distribution of opioids. The suit argues that the company’s failure to maintain effective controls against abuse and diversion has directly contributed to the ongoing opioid crisis in the state. “Walgreens did not flood the State of Tennessee with opioids by accident,” Slatery said. Rather, it “was the result of knowing — or willfully ignorant — corporate decisions.”