---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-001076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHC"
cik: "0001520697"
company_name: "Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:59:50.642523+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia Healthcare hit with $485M jury verdict in New Mexico lawsuit; intends to challenge

## Summary
- Jury awarded $80M compensatory and $405M punitive damages on July 7, 2023, in third of five lawsuits.
- Two prior cases settled in 2021; amounts were covered by professional liability insurance.
- Two other cases remain pending; final resolution may have an adverse impact on the Company.
- Company calls award far beyond precedent and intends to pursue all legal options to overturn it.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-001076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHC
- cik: 0001520697
- company_name: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000115752323001076/0001157523-23-001076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000115752323001076/a53444150.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-001076.txt

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