DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has refused a request by Delaware's attorney general to accept an appeal of a judge's ruling dismissing Walgreens as a defendant in a lawsuit against the drug industry over the opioid crisis.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said there were no exceptional circumstances justifying an interlocutory review of the judge's decision.
An interlocutory appeal is one made before the underlying case is resolved in the lower court and typically is granted only in rare circumstances.
State officials have accused the pharmaceutical industry of misleading doctors and consumers about addiction and other risks from prescription painkillers.
