( November 4, 2026, 10:10 AM EST) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Walmart Inc. challenged primary and excess insurers’ petitions seeking rehearing of an Arkansas appellate court’s ruling that affirmed partial summary judgment in its favor in its lawsuit seeking a declaration that the insurers have a duty to defend thousands of underlying actions alleging that it contributed to the opioid crisis by selling and dispensing opioid medications, arguing that the appeals court correctly held that the gravamen of the opioid litigation is not based on its intentional malfeasance but on its failure to put proper controls in place to find and report opioid orders that were suspicious....