Walmart Sued Over Opioids by Pension Fund Seeking Internal Files

Walmart Inc. was sued for records in Delaware by another pension fund seeking to investigate the retailer’s role in the nationwide opioid epidemic based on “a troubling set of facts” emerging from publicly available information.

“Revelations concerning Walmart are not emerging because Walmart somehow chose to ‘come clean’ on its deplorable refusal to control how its nationwide pharmacies distributed opioids,” the complaint says. “Despite federal prosecutors contemplating an indictment of Walmart, Walmart failed to disclose this information to stockholders.”

The lawsuit is the second filed in Delaware Chancery Court by pension funds seeking access to the retail giant’s internal files ...