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Vaping Injuries and Deaths: Regulatory Framework, Claims, and Defenses

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Description

Claims for injuries and deaths related to the use of personal vaporizer products are growing rapidly. These claims involve both traditional electronic nicotine delivery systems and, more recently, CBD- or THC-infused vape pods.

At least 47 deaths have been linked to the use of personal vaporizer products so far and lawsuits related to device malfunctions, fires, and explosions have been filed around the country.

Vaping litigation is a present reality with claims for emotional, physical, and economic injury in a rapidly evolving federal, state, and local regulatory environment.

Listen as this panel of trial attorneys at the forefront of this emerging issue share their knowledge regarding the regulatory frameworks for the various types of vaping products, what types of injuries have been attributed to vaping, and the claims that have resulted from those injuries.

Presented By

Rachel Abrams
Partner
Miscellaneous

Ms. Abrams is involved in the firm's product liability and mass tort cases, involving consumer fraud and false advertising of dangerous or defective products.

Robert Alpert
Partner
Morris Manning & Martin LLP

Mr. Alpert is a Partner in the Commercial, Class Action and Products Liability Litigation Practices. He has represented clients in a wide variety of complex, high exposure litigation matters throughout the United States.

Lauren Dugas
Attorney
Morris Manning & Martin LLP

Ms. Dugas has experience representing a broad range of clients in complex litigation and arbitration matters, including intellectual property litigation, business torts, class actions, insurance and reinsurance disputes, and products liability cases in state and federal courts.

Eric N. Heyer
Partner
Thompson Hine

Mr. Heyer is a partner in Thompson Hine LLP's Washington, D.C. office and leads the firm's vaping industry practice. He was integrally involved in the first federal lawsuit in 2009 that successfully challenged FDA's categorization of ENDS products as unapproved new drugs or medical devices. Over the years, Mr. Heyer has counseled and represented both foreign and domestic ENDS device and e-liquid manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers on all manner of federal and state regulatory compliance issues, on the preparation of pre-market tobacco applications (PMTAs), in significant transactions, and in litigation, including Proposition 65 litigation, patent litigation, contractual disputes, product liability claims, a constitutional case that successfully challenged Indiana’s statutory scheme regulating the manufacture of e-liquids, the case challenging New York’s flavor ban, and litigation related to the accelerated May 2020 PMTA deadline.

Angela J. Nehmens
Attorney
Levin Simes Abrams, LLP

Ms. Nehmens' practice focuses on product liability, pharmaceutical litigation, and mass torts. She has been at the forefront of exploding battery/e-cigarette cases, co-leading the firm’s exploding e-cigarette practice and securing hundreds of thousands in settlements for her clients. Ms. Nehmens is also involved in addiction and physical injury cases against Juul. In addition to her work at the trial level, she has practiced in the Court of Appeals in both California and Texas. Before joining Levin Simes Abrams, Ms. Nehmens practiced criminal defense in Boston at both the trial and appellate levels. She second-chaired murder and other serious felony trials, and successfully secured post-conviction DNA testing for one of her clients.

Credit Information
  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Thursday, February 27, 2020

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  1. The Regulatory Frameworks for ENDS and non-ENDS Vaping Products and the Rise of Vaping in the United States
  2. Personal Injury Claims Associated with Vaping
  3. Legal Theories and Defenses

This panel will review the latest developments, including:

  • The necessary factual background to understand vaping claims
  • Reliability of the science which links vaping to injury
  • The legal theories underlying vaping claims and relevant defenses
  • The impact of government regulations on personal injury claims