Judge Agrees To Stay Public Nuisance Case Against Pharmacy Benefits Managers

( October 6, 2026, 1:56 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge granted a stipulated motion to stay a case in which King County asserts a public nuisance claim against two pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) for allegedly helping create and perpetuate the opioid epidemic until two bellwether cases pending in the national opioid multidistrict litigation are concluded....