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Mayor: Opioid appeal headed to higher courts; city readies unsheltered count and Feb. 10 budget message
Summary
Mayor Farrell told Huntington City Council that the city’s 2019 opioid distributor lawsuit was lost in federal court and is under appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; the mayor also described a volunteer-led unsheltered population survey on Jan. 28 and said he will deliver the FY2026 budget message Feb. 10.
Mayor Farrell told Huntington City Council on Jan. 27 that the city and Cabell County’s 2019 lawsuit against three opioid distributors was lost in federal court and is now under appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
“The Fourth Circuit then has a question for the West Virginia Supreme Court about the law of West Virginia as it pertains to public nuisance,” Mayor Farrell said. He told council that he expects the state court’s…
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