A family has filed a personal injury lawsuit based on claims that their son suffered liver failure after taking Children’s Tylenol for just three days.
The complaint, filed as part of the multidistrict litigation (MDL) currently pending for Tylenol liver failure lawsuits in the federal court system in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, claims that the child’s family was not properly warned of potential Children’s Tylenol side effects.
According to the lawsuit filed on behalf of Jacob Richardson, he only used Children’s Tylenol for three days before suffering acute liver failure on October 10, 2011. The suit adopts claims raised in a Master Complaint filed earlier this year alleging that Johnson & Johnson, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, and McNeil-PPC are guilty of violating consumer protection laws, strict liability, negligent failure to warn, breach of warranty, negligent design defects, fraud, fraudulent concealment, negligence, and negligent misrepresentation.
The MDL currently consolidates more than 100 Tylenol lawsuits based on claims of liver failure and centralized before U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel.
Tylenol, which contains acetaminophen, is the most widely-used pain reliever in the United States. In recent years, acetaminophen has been scientifically linked to liver damage, which may account for hundreds of deaths in the United States every year.
While Johnson & Johnson did lower the maximum dosage on Tylenol and similar products in response to an FDA mandate to lower acetaminophen levels in prescription painkillers such as Percocet and Vicodin, plaintiffs in Tylenol lawsuits still claim that the company long withheld crucial safety information from the public in an effort to protect profits.
According to the personal injury lawyers at Flood Law Group, L.L.C., individuals who have suffered liver damage or the loss of a loved one due to liver damage possibly linked to Tylenol or acetaminophen could be entitled to monetary compensation. For more information on Tylenol side effects lawsuits, contact us for a free legal consultation.
