© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Juul e-cigarettes are seen on the counter of a vape retailer in Santa Monica, California, U.S., June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson(Reuters) -Juul Labs Inc received preliminary approval of a settlement aimed toward ending hundreds of lawsuits alleging the corporate was a significant explanation for a youth-vaping epidemic in the US, in accordance with a court docket submitting on Friday.
U.S. District Choose William Orrick in San Francisco mentioned Juul’s deal to settle virtually 10,000 lawsuits filed by native governments throughout the nation appeared to be “truthful, affordable, and satisfactory.”
Juul didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
The court docket doc offered no particulars of the phrases of the settlement.
The corporate earlier mentioned it had reached settlements with about 10,000 plaintiffs masking greater than 5,000 instances in California.
Partly owned by Marlboro maker Altria Group (NYSE:) Inc, Juul in September agreed to pay $438.5 million to settle claims from 34 U.S. states and territories that mentioned the corporate focused underage consumers and downplayed its merchandise’ dangers.
The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration in June briefly banned Juul’s e-cigarettes, although it later put the order on maintain following an attraction.
