Doctor admitted to intentionally distributing fentanyl "outside the usual course of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose." (Credit: Sebastian Duda/Shutterstock)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has decided that an insurer is not obligated to defend or indemnity a Nevada doctor under his professional liability policy in a wrongful death suit involving a judge's opioid-related death.
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