Doctor’s Suit Alleging CVS Employees Said He Ran Pill Mill Proceeds

Jan. 6, 2017, 4:49 PM UTC

An Indiana physician is closer to beating retail pharmacy giant CVS Pharmacy Inc. after a federal district court said its employees defamed him (Mimms v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., 2017 BL 359, S.D. Ind., No. 1:15-cv-970, 1/3/17).

CVS employees allegedly told customers they wouldn’t fill prescriptions written by Dr. Anthony Mimms because he was under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, he operated a pill mill, he had been arrested or soon would be and he had been jailed.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Jan. 3 said those remarks weren’t true and may ...

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