Salisbury v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.

How courts have described this case

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• issue was whether pharmacies were liable for selling OxyContin, a schedule II narcotic drug, and there was no allegation that the pharmacies sold the drug in an altered condition
• The court found fraudulent joinder of non-diverse defendants due to lack of factual specificity and unique involvement in the matter.
• “plaintiffs' sole reference to the pharmacy defendants alleges mere inappropriate distribution and recommendation. Such a broad and cursory allegation is a far cry from alleging actual or constructive knowledge, however.”
• claim for punitive damages “is not a separate cause of action”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).