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Simah Herman, et al. vs Juul Labs, Inc., et al.
CourtLos Angeles County Superior Court[1]
Full case nameSimah Herman, et al. vs Juul Labs, Inc., et al.[1]
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingStuart M. Rice and David S. Cunningham.[1]
Keywords
personal injury[1]

On July 12, 2021, a personal injury lawsuit, Simah Herman, et al. vs Juul Labs, Inc., et al., was filed in Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, against Juul Labs Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Altria Client Services LLC, Altria Enterprises LLC, Altria Group Distribution Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., Adam Bowen, James Monsees, Hoyoung Huh, and Nicholas J. Pritzker.[1] The attorney representing Simah Herman is Paul Robert Kiesel.[1] The case has been assigned to the judges Stuart M. Rice and David S. Cunningham.[1]

In August 2019, 18-year-old Herman was taken to the UCLA Medical Center after she had trouble breathing.[2] At 15, she started vaping and within two years her health deteriorated.[2] After being hooked up to a ventilator and waking up from a medically induced coma, she wrote: "I want to start a no-vaping campaign."[2] Following her complications with vaping, she quit.[3]

Vaping-induced lung injury

See also: 2019–2020 vaping lung illness outbreak; Vaping-associated pulmonary injury; and Vail v. Juul Labs, Inc.

In August 2019, 18-year-old Simah Herman was quickly taken to the UCLA Medical Center after she had trouble breathing.[2] After she was hospitalized her condition worsened.[4] After being hooked up to a ventilator and waking up from a medically induced coma, Herman wrote: "I want to start a no-vaping campaign."[2] She posted a photo of herself holding up a handwritten sign that read 'I want to start a no-vaping campaign'.[5] and started an anti-vaping campaign from her hospital bed.[4] She shared her vaping story[6] and the image of her holding up a handwritten sign has since gone viral.[6] Within 72 hours since it was posted, it had 1200 comments and more than 25,000 likes.[6] By early September 2019, it had nearly 700,000 likes.[4] In September 2019, on the BBC Sounds she said one of her more undesirable symptoms was blackouts.[7]

In August 2019, Herman thought she was going to die.[2] Doctors originally thought she had pneumonia.[3] She was in a medically induced coma for four days[3] and on a ventilator for almost a week.[6] She was in the hospital for almost ten days.[3] At 15, Herman started vaping and within two years her health deteriorated.[2] The smoke shop she bought the products from in North Hollywood did not ask for her ID card.[3] She told the shop she was 22, she said.[3] She was vaping every day.[2] After leaving the hospital she has given up vaping.[3] Before ending up in the hospital, doctors were unable to tell her the reason she felt sick even though she told them she was vaping, she said.[2]

Personal injury lawsuit

On July 12, 2021, a personal injury lawsuit, Simah Herman, et al. vs Juul Labs, Inc., et al., was filed in Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, against Juul Labs Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Altria Client Services LLC, Altria Enterprises LLC, Altria Group Distribution Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., Adam Bowen, James Monsees, Hoyoung Huh, and Nicholas J. Pritzker.[1] The attorney representing Herman is Paul Robert Kiesel.[1] The case has been assigned to the judges Stuart M. Rice and David S. Cunningham[1] The case is still pending.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "SIMAH HERMAN, ET AL. VS JUUL LABS, INC., ET AL". UniCourt. 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Hawkins, Sally; Walker, Knez; Riegle, Ashley; Rivas, Anthony (11 September 2019). "Teen who was put on life-support for vaping says 'I didn't think of myself as a smoker'". ABC News.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Ben-Moche, Erin (11 September 2019). "Local Teen 'Lucky to Be Alive' After Vaping Incident". Jewish Journal.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hunar (8 September 2019). "Teenager Begins Anti-Vaping Movement From Death Bed. After Vaping For Consecutive 3 Years". The Inner Sane.
  5. ↑ Zafar, Amina (20 September 2019). "Cannabis product not the culprit in Ontario teen's vaping-related illness, health official says". CBC.ca.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Asfa (3 September 2019). "Teen Start Viral Campaign Against Vaping After Ending Up On A Ventilator". Journal Post.
  7. ↑ "Beyond Today - Vaping: can it kill you?". BBC Sounds. 12 September 2019.

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