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We’ve blogged about aspects of the Model Drug Dealer Liability Act before. Over 20 states have enacted versions of the model act in an effort to shift liability for harm caused by illegal drugs to the drug dealers and traffickers who sell and promote illegal drug use.  Those are not normally the types of claims of interest to our readers. But, given that we’ve been blogging this week about fraudulent and harmful medical procedures and junk science in mass torts, maybe it’s no surprise that today’s decision deals with an attempt to use a version of the model act as a  vehicle for finding liability against a major distributor of legitimate, FDA-approved drugs. McKesson Corp. v. Bolton, 2026 WL 394505 (Ga. App. Feb. 12, 2026).

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