Missouri Opioid Trial Shows County Awash in Misery

A Q&A With Joanne Cicala of Cicala Law Firm

By Kenneth Artz – Law.com | August 13, 2020

Jefferson County’s efforts are a model for engaged, responsible local government to hold those responsible for creating and cultivating the country’s opioid epidemic.

Texas Lawyer spoke recently with Texas attorney Joanne Cicala about a recent circuit court decision that denied motions by pharmacy benefit managers Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx to dismiss public nuisance and other state law claims alleged by Jefferson County, Missouri, in its effort to hold those responsible for creating and cultivating the country’s opioid epidemic…

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