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July 2022 News & Updates
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On June 21, 2022, The United States Supreme Court denied an appeal to put an end to thousands of pending lawsuits linking Bayer's weedkiller product to cancer diagnosis.

“This changes further litigation against Monsanto and Bayer significantly,” President Ken Moll says.

Moll Law Group's attorneys are extremely pleased with this ruling as this helps many plaintiffs and can have a significant impact on future litigations.

JUUL

On June 23, 2022, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration created an order against JUUL Labs Inc. to immediately remove their products from the market. These products are the JUUL itself and their entirety of different JUULpod types: Virginia tobacco and menthol-flavored pods, both offered at nicotine concentrations of 5.0% and 3.0% respectively.

Moll Law Group's attorneys and firm are happy the FDA is being proactive in protecting consumers from these harmful devices.
Firm News
We are pleased to welcome Attorneys Reagan Downing and Valeria Benitez to our team!
Reagan Downing

Reagan attended Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in Memphis, TN, where she obtained a certificate in Health Law. Reagan interned for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation during law school and continues to work on health law and health care-related cases here at Moll Law Group. Reagan is part of a local group that rollerblades throughout Chicago.
Valeria Benitez

Valeria graduated from DePaul University College of Law. After she passed the Illinois bar, she moved to Mexico for a few years and worked at a corporate law firm in Mexico City. Prior to starting law school, Valeria worked as a legal assistant at a plaintiff's asbestos litigation office in Chicago. While in law school, she clerked at a plaintiff's personal injury law firm and then for a solo practitioner. Valeria is Ecuadorian and enjoys traveling. She also loves running and has completed many races, including the Chicago and New York City Marathons and an Ultramarathon in Mexico.
A broad range of chronic conditions are treated with the Volara System, which provides continuous positive expiratory pressure (CPEP) to expand your lungs and airways, along with continuous high-frequency oscillation pulses to free mucus plugs and make it easier to cough and breathe less effortfully. However, if you use the Volara System, it’s important to be aware that its manufacturer, Baxter International Inc., issued an Urgent Medical Device Correction for the Volara System and then a recall. This is a home care system prescribed by doctors when a patient needs a ventilator in the home environment. Unfortunately, it’s been found that use of the system comes with a possible risk of oxygen desaturation, as well as the danger of overexpansion resulting in lung tissue damage. If you were injured or a loved one was killed due to the malfunctioning of the Volara System, you should give the seasoned product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group a call. You may have grounds to sue for damages, and it is important to seek counsel. Read More.
Portable bed rails are installed on the sides of beds used for the elderly or those with medical conditions that increase the likelihood of falls from the bed. Unfortunately, bed rails can also present dangers. In April, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled thousands of units of bed rails over the last several months. Unfortunately, bed rails can present a safety hazard such that a consumer is entrapped and in danger of asphyxia and brain injuries or even death. The seasoned product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group may be able to help you if you or a loved one was injured as the result of using a bed rail. Read More
Parents may be alarmed to learn that Asweets has recalled its wooden baby activity push walker due to a strangulation hazard. The rubber rings on the rear wheels of a walker may separate from the wheels and detach, and this can result in a young child being at risk of strangulation. Asweets has received 10 reports of the rubber rings detaching from the wheels, though no injuries to babies have been reported. On June 2, 2022, the company recalled these walkers. If your baby is injured by an Asweets walker, or another walker that may be defective, you should give the experienced product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group a call. Cases with which we’ve been involved have resulted in damages in the billions. Read More.