A King County, Washington, Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that Albertsons violated the law by dispensing a high volume of opioid prescriptions while ignoring signs that prescriptions were illegitimate or being abused.
The judge ordered Albertsons to pay $900 million — the largest judgment ever awarded in Washington, Attorney General Nick Brown said at a news conference in front of the King County Courthouse on Thursday morning.
“Albertsons’ corporate policies prioritized their own profits over safety,” Brown said…