https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2019/07/18/teen-two-pod-a-day-juul-addiction-caused-massive-stroke-lawsuit-vaping-e-cigarettes/
A Connecticut man is suing Juul Labs for causing him to suffer a massive stroke after he became addicted to the company’s products as a teenager. The case marks the first time the e-cigarette company has been sued for a medical issue this severe.
Maxwell Berger, 22, developed an addiction to Juul products during the summer of 2015 as he was finishing his last year of high school, the lawsuit says. By 2017, Berger was taking puffs of his Juul as often as every ten minutes, causing him to go through two cartridges every day. That July, Berger had a massive hemorrhagic stroke, which required three brain surgeries and more than 100 days in the hospital, the lawsuit states. It left him with “catastrophic and permanent injuries” such as left side paralysis, speech impairment and a 50% loss of vision from both eyes.
The lawsuit by Berger is the biggest allegation of medical harm that has so far been leveled against Juul. It signals that other claims of serious medical problems from the four-year old company could follow as its presence increases. The company’s extraordinary growth has resulted in its capture of a three-fourths share of the e-cigarette market, according to Nielsen.
