DOLT, THOMPSON, SHEPHERD v. COMMONWEALTH

2019-SC-0197-DG 2019-SC-0199-DG.

607 S.W.3d 683 (2020)

DOLT, THOMPSON, SHEPHERD & CONWAY, P.S.C. f/k/a Dolt, Thompson, Shepherd & Kinney, P.S.C., Appellant/Cross-Appellee v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, EX REL., William M. LANDRUM, III, Secretary of the Finance and Administration Cabinet and Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE DOLT, THOMPSON, SHEPHERD & CONWAY, P.S.C., F/K/A DOLT, THOMPSON, SHEPHERD & KINNEY: J. Guthrie True , Frankfort, KY, Richard M. Guarnieri , Frankfort, KY.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, ex rel., WILLIAM M. LANDRUM, III, SECRETARY OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET; WILLIAM M. LANDRUM, III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET: Patrick W. McGee , Independence, KY, Hiren B. Desai , Nicholasville, KY.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT DANIEL CAMERON, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DANIEL CAMERON IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY: Victor Bruce Maddox , Frankfort, KY, Carmine Gennaro Iaccarino , Versailles, KY, Marc Edwin Manley , Frankfort, KY, Daniel Jay Cameron , Office of the Attorney General.


I. BACKGROUND

This case arises from the 2007 lawsuit filed by then-Attorney General Greg Stumbo in Pike Circuit Court against Purdue Pharma and other drug manufacturers regarding the OxyContin epidemic as it plagued the Commonwealth. After General Stumbo's term ended, Attorney General Jack Conway...

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