If you or a loved one used a vape pen, e-cigarette, or other vaping device and suffered injuries from vaping, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a vaping lawsuit or settlement.
A team of injury lawyers and class action attorneys is investigating potential vape lawsuit and settlement claims of individuals who claim to have suffered injuries as a result of vaping or smoking e-cigarettes.
Vape pens, e-cigarettes and other vaping devices are devices that operate by heating a liquid solution (e-liquid) to a temperature that is high enough to produce an aerosol (also referred to as a vapor) that is inhaled. Inhaling the vape is commonly referred to as vaping or vaporizing (or, in the case of Juul, it is commonly referred to as Juuling).
Vaping Lawsuit Cases and Vape Settlement Claims
Vaping lawsuit cases and vape settlement claims potentially being investigated include claims of individuals, including young adults and teenagers, who used a vape pen, e-cigarette or vaping device and suffered injuries, side-effects or complications after vaping including:
- Pneumonia
- Asthma
- COPD
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Collapsed lung
- Acute respiratory failure
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS
- Popcorn lung (bronchiolitis obliterans)
- Wet lung
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- EVALI lung injury
- Acute Fibrinous Organizing Pneumonia (AFOP)
- Eosinophilic Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Eosinophilia
- Bronchitis
- Acute interstitial pneumonitis
- Lung transplant
- Emphysema
- Other lung disease, damage or illness
- Seizures
- Heart attack or myocardial infarction
- Stroke
- Blood clots
- Pulmonary embolism
- Nicotine poisoning
- Nicotine addiction
- Pregnancy complications, birth defects
- Death
- Burns from exploding vape device
- Broken bones from battery explosion
- Other vaping injury or illness
Is Vaping Bad For You?
Vaping can be potentially harmful to ones health and safety. Vaping and e-cigarette lawsuits have recently been filed alleging, among other things, that vaping may be linked to serious injuries, illness and health problems. Vaping health risks and dangers may include:
- Inhalation of potentially toxic chemicals
- Ingestion or exposure to e-liquids
- Exploding vape pens or e-cigarette batteries
- Secondhand exposure to aerosol or vapors
- Addiction to nicotine
Some vaping solutions (e-liquids or vape-juice) may contain nicotine, flavoring chemicals (such as diacetyl), humectant (such as propylene glycol or vegetable glycol), volatile organic compounds, ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs and other products or potentially harmful chemicals (such as acrolein and benzene), among other things. Some aerosol may contain chemical particles from the e-liquid and/or the vape device (such as heavy metals from the heating coils including nickel, tin or lead or formaldehyde if the e-liquid overheats or if there is not enough liquid in the heating element, known as a dry puff).
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, E-cigarette use poses a significant and avoidable health risk to young people in the United States (including brain development risks, nicotine addiction, battery explosions, and risk of exposure to potentially harmful chemicals, such as diacetyl, benzene and heavy metals).
Vape Devices and Brands
Vaping has increased substantially in recent years, particularly among young adults and teenagers and e-cigarette use is presently the most commonly used tobacco product by youths. It has been estimated that about 9 million adults and 3.6 million teenagers in the United States vape. The vaping and e-cigarette market is a billion dollar industry.
Vaping devices can include:
- Vape pens
- E-cigarettes
- Juul vapes and Juulpods
- E-cigs
- Mods
- Pod Mods
- Cig-a-likes
- Pipes
- Tanks
- E-hookahs
- Hookah pens
- Vaporizers
- USB like devices or flash drives
- Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
Some of the more popular vape brands include:
- JUUL
- Vuse
- Blu eCigs
- Mark Ten
- NJOY
- Logic
- SMOK
- V2
- Mig
- Halo
- Green Smoke
- Vype
- Other vape brands
Companies that manufacture and/or sell vaping devices, vape pens, e-cigarettes and/or vape accessories (such as vape mods, cartomizers, atomizers, e-liquids, vape cartridges, vape batteries, vape tanks, vape juice, vape pods, etc.), include Altria, British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, International Vapor Group, Japan Tobacco, NicQuid, JUUL, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, and Shenzhen, among others.
Update: No longer accepting vape cases.
If you or someone you love used a vape pen, e-cigarette, or vaping device and suffered COPD, popcorn lung, collapsed lung, acute respiratory failure, asthma, lung damage, seizure, stroke, heart attack, burn injury or other vape related injury, you may be entitled to compensation from a vaping lawsuit or settlement. Contact an injury lawyer to request a free case review.
*If you or a loved one are experiencing health issues, side effects or complications after using a product (i.e., vape pen, e-cigarette or other vaping device), we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
**The listing of a company (Altria, British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Fontem Ventures B.V., International Vapor, Japan Tobacco, NicQuid, JUUL, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Shenzhen) or product (e.g., JUUL, Vuse, Blu eCigs, Mark Ten, NJOY, Logic, SMOK, V2, Mig, Halo, Green Smoke, Vype, etc.) is not meant to state or imply that the company acted illegally or improperly or that the product is unsafe or defective; rather only that an investigation may be, is or was being conducted to determine whether legal rights have been violated.
***The use of any trademarks, tradenames or service marks is solely for product identification and/or informational purposes.
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