Walmart, CVS Seek Opioid Mistrial After Juror Does Own Research

CVS Health Corp., Giant Eagle Inc., Walgreens, and Walmart Inc.—facing claims that they helped fuel the nationwide opioid crisis—sought a mistrial from a federal judge in Cleveland after a juror returned to court with pamphlets that allegedly contradicted their testimony.

The retail pharmacy chains moved to derail a bellwether trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio over pamphlets—shown by “Juror 4" to other jury members—indicating that the opioid cessation drugs the pharmacies sell for profit are available for free elsewhere.

The trial of public nuisance claims on behalf of two Ohio counties ...