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Civil Litigation,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Government

Dec. 30, 2019

School class actions are latest plaintiffs’ tool against JUUL

As nearly 200 cases from around the nation against vaporizer manufacturer JUUL Labs are being consolidated, some recent plaintiffs are attempting to sue the company under RICO statutes, a tactic attorneys say has been key to combating cigarette companies in the past.

School class actions are latest plaintiffs’ tool against JUUL
JUUL Labs co-founders Adam Bowen, left, and James Monsees at the company's headquarters in San Francisco in 2018. (New York Times News Service)

As nearly 200 cases from around the nation against vaporizer manufacturer JUUL Labs are being consolidated, some recent plaintiffs are attempting to sue the company under RICO statutes, a tactic attorneys say has been key to combating cigarette companies in the past.

The specifics of how and under what terms the cases will be linked are to be decided by U.S. District Judge $95

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