Juul Hit With Suit Over Teen’s Death From Respiratory Injury

Juul Labs Inc.'s electronic cigarettes and nicotine cartridges were a significant factor in causing an 18-year-old’s death more than a year ago, his mother says in what may be the first wrongful-death vaping suit.

Florida resident Daniel David Wakefield was exposed to Juul advertising in 2015 and “became intensely addicted” to the company’s nicotine products, the complaint says. His behavior changed dramatically, and he was hospitalized for three days within a year of starting to vape, it says. Then, in August 2018, after a day that included moving boxes, his father discovered him unresponsive. His death was attributed to “breathing ...