H D Smith Wholesale Drug Company v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company

  1. March 13, 2026

    Drug Co. Moves To Sanction Insurer Over Destroyed Evidence

    A drug wholesaler seeking coverage for underlying opioid litigation urged an Illinois federal court to sanction its insurer for destroying key emails and underwriting records, saying the carrier failed to update a litigation hold or suspend its automatic deletion policies and then attempted to hide the issue during discovery.

  2. October 04, 2023

    Insurer Fights Discovery Bid In $625M Opioid Coverage Row

    Cincinnati Insurance Co. urged an Illinois federal court to reject a drug wholesaler's "overly broad and burdensome document production" demands in an insurance dispute over more than $625 million worth of underlying opioid litigation settlements, arguing the demands are "not tethered to either Cincinnati's discovery responses or the law."