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Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial

Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In a Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Dave Yost speaks at the Ohio Republican Party event, in Columbus, Ohio. Two Ohio counties are telling a court to deny their state Attorney General Dave Yost's request to delay a major trial over the toll of opioids. Yost Yost asked a federal appeals court in August 2019 not to let a district judge move ahead with a case scheduled to begin Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

CLEVELAND – Two Ohio counties are telling a court to deny their state attorney general’s request to delay a major trial over the toll of opioids.

Attorney General Dave Yost asked a federal appeals court in August not to let a district judge move ahead with a case scheduled to start Oct. 21.

It would be the first federal trial of claims brought by a government seeking to hold the drug industry accountable for the opioid crisis.

The attorney general says the state’s similar claims should move ahead of those brought by Cuyahoga and Summit counties, home to Cleveland and Akron.

The counties say the state doesn’t have a say because it’s not part of this case.

The judge in charge of the Oct. 21 trial has also denied the state’s request.

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