08:02 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Update with Walgreens' and Walmart's ( WMT ) responses to requests for comment.)

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Tuesday that a state law abrogates Trumbull County and Lake County's common-law claims that Walmart ( WMT ) , CVS Health ( CVS ) and Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) created a public nuisance "by filling prescriptions for opioids without controls in place to stop the distribution of those that were illicitly prescribed."

"We are pleased with the Court's ruling, which allows us to put this litigation behind us so we can continue focusing on the health and wellbeing of our patients, customers, and team members in northern Ohio and across the country," a Walgreens spokesperson told MT Newswires.

"The Ohio Supreme Court is the latest court to correctly reject plaintiff-lawyers' efforts to radically expand public nuisance law to sue companies over lawful products that are already regulated," a Walmart ( WMT ) spokesperson told MT Newswires. "As a pharmacy industry leader in the fight against the opioid crisis, Walmart ( WMT ) is proud of our pharmacists, who are dedicated to helping patients in the face of a tangled web of conflicting federal and state opioid guidelines."

CVS did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.