( October 12, 2026, 11:41 AM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas appeals court panel affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Walmart Inc. in its lawsuit seeking primary and excess coverage for its costs in defending thousands of underlying actions alleging that it contributed to the opioid crisis by selling and dispensing opioid medications, holding that the gravamen of the opioid litigation is not based on intentional malfeasance by Walmart but on its failure to put proper controls in place to find and report opioid orders that were suspicious....