E-cigarette maker Juul was hit with its first wrongful death lawsuit this week involving an 18-year-old in Florida. Lawyers for the case say 'no parent should have to face the death of their child.'
The first wrongful death lawsuit in America’s vaping crisis begins with a powerful statement which — in many ways — serves as a sobering snapshot of the epidemic as a whole. “Daniel David Wakefield was a healthy teenager whose life tragically and prematurely ended due to injuries that were directly caused by his addiction to Juul, an electronic nicotine-delivery system,” the complaint reads. “On August 31, 2018, Wakefield died in his sleep at the age of 18 after years of Juul use.
While much discussion has focused on vaping products containing THC — which the majority of those with EVALI have reported using — the lawsuit is a reminder that e-cigarettes likely also play a role in the illnesses. So what does this latest development mean, and who are the players involved? Here’s what you need to know.
The result, it alleges, is a spike in use among teenagers — for whom nicotine has proven most dangerous. Juul, it reads, “should have known” that their products were “dangerous and defective,” citing research that shows extremely high doses of nicotine in teens to be capable of “permanently altering the structure of the user’s developing brain,” as well as “caus[ing] harm to the airways, throat, and lungs.” All of these issues, it says, “can result in catastrophic, life-altering injuries.
His addiction happened quickly, resulting in violence when Juul was removed.The teen, according to the complaint, was convinced early on that Juul was not harmful. “Wakefield informed his mother that he read materials indicating JUUL was safe and did not pose the health risks that accompany combustible cigarettes,” the complaint reads. “He was unaware of its addictive properties and that it was unsafe for anyone under the age of 26.
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