HUNTINGTON — Legal representatives are preparing to return to court regarding a lawsuit filed by a community dubbed “ground zero” of the opioid epidemic, after a federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a 2022 decision in favor of opioid distributors.

Last year, Huntington and Cabell County appealed Southern District Judge David A. Faber’s July 2022 ruling in favor of U.S. drug distributors who were accused by the city and county of causing a public health crisis by distributing millions of pills over eight years in the county, the Associated Press reported . AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp. also were accused of ignoring the signs that Cabell County was being overwhelmed by addiction. Legal Affairs

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