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Arizona Supreme Court rejects major part of lawsuit against CVS

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PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona Supreme Court ruling has rejected a major part of a Tucson hospital’s lawsuit accusing a pharmacy chain of negligence and seeking compensation for care provided to opioid-addicted patients.

The justices ruled Wednesday that Tucson Medical Center can’t sue CVS Health Corporation for alleged negligence through distribution of opioids.

The 2018 lawsuit said CVS was part of a conspiracy of drug manufacturers and others who promoted the use of opioids and fueled the national opioid epidemic, causing huge losses for hospitals.

The court agreed with CVS, saying that state and federal law don’t create a legal duty for pharmacies to hospitals under the facts underlying the case and that the medical center can only resort to filing liens against the addicts to try to recover costs of uncompensated care.

The justices “recognize the tremendous costs imposed by the opioid crisis on society generally, and hospitals specifically. The human costs are tragic. However, it is for Congress and the legislature, not the courts, to create methods to alleviate those costs,” Justice Clint Bolick wrote.

The case now returns to trial court for consideration of claims — not considered in the appeal decided Wednesday — alleging public nuisance and unjust enrichment.

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2021 Wake Forest Football Opponent Preview: Boston College Eagles vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Game Date: Saturday, November 27th, 2021

Opponent: Boston College Eagles

Conference: ACC

Head Coach: Jeff Hafley (6-5, 5-5)

2020 Stats

Record: 6-5

Highest Ranking: N/A

Post-Season: N/A

Wins: , Texas State, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, , Louisville

Losses: #12 UNC, @ #23 Virginia Tech, @ #1 Clemson, #2 Notre Dame,

Yards per Game: 385.9

Yards Allowed per Game: 416.8

Points per Game: 27.8

Points Allowed per Game: 28.4

BC is interesting. QB Phil Jurkovec had a pretty beastly season, passing for 2,558 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 5 picks on 61% completion percentage. Those stats put him top 20 in yards and top 30 in touchdowns, and he was reliably good, averaging a QBR of 71.3. BC as a team was mercurial, barely scraping by Syracuse and Texas State, but also going toe-to-toe with Clemson, only losing by 6 in Death Valley after being up to start the 4th quarter. Of course, I think a lot of that is down to the inherent volatility of last season across the entire sports landscape, and the fact that Jeff Hafley was in his first year of head coaching anywhere means that the season was certainly good for the Eagles, but also it’s worth noting that a single season is way too small of a sample size to really get a bead on, for better or for worse. Also, as much as the offense was fairly explosive, the defense was even more porous, meaning that the Eagles had a negative net differential in both yards and points per game despite their 6-5 record. Basically, I’m neither terrified of Boston College nor am I taking the game as a given, because if they’re able to build on their successes last year, they could have one heck of a squad next season, but given the up and down nature of sports, especially with new coaches. It’s also worth noting, however, that Coach Hafley has quite the record as a recruiter, so it’s very much within the realm of possibility that this could be the beginning of something good for Boston College. Only time will tell. I will say, though, Coach Clawson has more of a track record, I’d tend to give the Deacs a little bit of the edge given how unsure I am which way this game will go when considering all the other variables.

What do y’all think? Let me know in the comments. Thanks as always for reading, and Go Deacs.

—SF

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