Two public school districts on Monday sued Juul Labs Inc, accusing the company o...
NEW YORK - Two public school districts on Monday sued Juul Labs Inc, accusing the company of endangering their students and draining their resources by marketing its addictive e-cigarettes to teenagers.
The St. Charles, Missouri, and Olathe, Kansas, public school systems appeared to be the first school districts to join the rising wave of litigation against Juul.As a result of “youth-targeted product design and marketing, and years of misstatements and omissions regarding its products, Juul succeeded in addicting a generation of youth to nicotine,” the St. Charles district said in its lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in St. Louis.
Both districts, which are represented by some of the same lawyers, have accused Juul of gross negligence, public nuisance and of violating the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, a federal law originally passed to target organized crime that also allows civil lawsuits.
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