Appellate Court Revives Acetaminophen-Autism Cases Without Deciding the Merits of Plaintiffs’ Causation Theory

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently ruled that the Manhattan district court improperly excluded the expert testimony of three out of five plaintiffs’ general causation experts in cases alleging that Tylenol/acetaminophen caused autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children exposed prenatally, reviving more than 500 lawsuits against the manufacturers and retailers of Tylenol/acetaminophen, including Kenvue (the current…
By: Harris Beach Murtha