By Eric Eyre Eleven out-of-state drug companies won't be allowed to wiggle out of a lawsuit that alleges they flooded West Virginia with pain pills and helped fuel the state's prescription drug problem.This week, Boone Circuit Judge William Thompson rejected the drug wholesalers' bid to dismiss the lawsuit. The drug companies had argued the state didn't have sufficient grounds to sue them, and that they couldn't be held accountable for the painkillers sold by pharmacies across the state.Thompson ruled that the case should proceed because a jury could conclude that the pill distributors' "acts and omissions were a substantial factor" that damaged "the state and its citizens."The lawsuit - initially filed by former state Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012 -- alleges that the 11 drug wholesalers shipped an excessive number of painkillers to "pill mill" pharmacies in West Virginia.