Described by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as “another wave of the opioid epidemic,” a rapidly expanding surge of wrongful death and product liability lawsuits is targeting manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of kratom products across the United States. These actions, filed in jurisdictions spanning from Washington State to New York, assert claims including strict liability, negligence, failure to warn, breach of warranty, fraud, and wrongful death….
By: Mayer Brown
By: Mayer Brown
