Products Liability

In September 2019, as report after report of Juul and vaping-related injuries rolled in throughout the United States, President Trump and his top health officials announced they would be taking “very, very strong” action against the vaping epidemic, including a ban on flavored e-cigarettes. On January 2, 2020, the FDA published the details of this…

It is now painfully clear that vaping is not the safe alternative to smoking. More individual cities and entire states are implementing temporary bans by the day, and even the federal government is looking to restrict the sale and use of flavored e-cigs. At the center of this controversy sits JUUL: a popular vaping device…

In June 2019, an e-cigarette exploded in the mouth of a 17-year-old boy from Nevada, breaking his jaw and destroying the sockets where his teeth once sat. In February 2019, a man in Texas died after his e-cigarette exploded and a piece sliced open an artery in his neck. Last year, a man in Texas…

Viberzi (sold by Allergan) is a medication used to treat irritable bowel syndrome in adults suffering primarily with the symptom of diarrhea. In March 2017, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that Viberzi should not be used in patients without a gallbladder. The warning stems from reports of pancreatitis occurring in some of…

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has banned children’s toys and child care products that contain more than 0.1% of certain phthalate chemicals. Phthalates are chemical compounds that are added to plastics and vinyl to make an item soft and pliable. If a child ingests certain types of phthalates, it can have harmful effects…

In June 2017, The U.S. Supreme Court decided in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of CA, San Francisco County, et al., in an 8-1 ruling that California courts lack specific jurisdiction to entertain the non-residents’ claims. The case was a lawsuit that was brought by a group of plaintiffs, some of whom were California…

Glyphosate is an herbicide which is used to kill grass and broadleaf plants. There are over 750 liquid and solid forms of glyphosate. Both the glyphosate form and the sodium salt form used for controlling plant growth and helping fruits ripen are used on gardens, lawns, and industrial weeds. The product dates back to 1974.…

Many lawsuits are being brought against Johnson & Johnson based on the assertion that its talc powder causes ovarian cancer in women. Over 300 such lawsuits are pending in California, and over 4,500 nationwide. The lawsuits assert that Johnson & Johnson, a major healthcare product maker, ignored studies that linked its Shower to Shower and…