
You are 18 or over and experienced injuries or health issues related to Juul e-cigarettes. You may be able to file a Juul lawsuit if: Several groups of individuals may be eligible to file a lawsuit against Juul or other vaping companies. To prevail and be awarded compensation, plaintiffs will be required to prove that Juul breached a duty that was owed to them, and that this breach directly caused them to experience measurable harm.
Strict liability if there were product defects.
Failure to warn of the dangers of its product.Plaintiffs could pursue a number of different claims against Juul including: It is not just government officials that have been pursuing cases, as a growing number of e-cigarette users have filed Juul lawsuits claiming they were harmed by the company’s products. In November 2021, Juul Labs settled a case filed by the Arizona Attorney General that alleged the company’s unlawful marketing practices targeted younger consumers and downplayed the risks associated with vaping.In June 2021, Juul settled a case brought by the state of North Carolina for $40 million alleging the company was responsible for an increase in underaged vaping in the state.
In April 2022, Juul agreed to a $22.5 million settlement with Washington state, settling claims that Juul marketed to minors and lied about the addictive nature of the product and agreeing to implement a secret shopper program to police whether retailers are prohibiting minors from buying its products. The company did not admit any wrongdoing. In September 2022, Juul tentatively agreed to pay more than $438 million to settle investigations by nearly three dozen states over how it may have marketed to teenagers. Judge Orrick has yet to approve this but did call it fair and reasonable. The deal involves school district plaintiffs. In December 2022, Juul agreed to a settlement reportedly between $1.2 and $1.7 billion with 10,000 plaintiffs in 5,000 cases in California in regard to marketing and addiction to the product. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco approved a $255 million settlement resolving the class action alleging the company deceptively marketed the product, downplaying addiction and marketed to minors. Juul, along with tobacco company Altria, settled with Minnesota just a few days later for $60.5 million. In April 2023, Juul settled with six states and the District of Columbia for $462 million for how products were marketed. Juul has faced a variety of legal challenges in recent years.