Ephedra Lawsuits
Due to deaths that some people believe are related to the use (and/or misuse) or ephedra and ephedrine based dietary supplements, a long line of trial lawyers are hoping to cash in, be it via class action suits or by way of individual lawsuits.
Lawsuits:
Metabolife
Metabolife may be the company facing the most trouble at this point. The federal government is probing the company for any potential cover-ups of documentation, studies, etc. linking its ephedra-based products with serious side effects and/or health problems. And, on top of that, the above link contains information about a class-action suit on behalf on people who "suffered serious side effects such as heart attack, stroke, seizure or psychosis as a result of using a Metabolife product."
Ephedra Lawsuit Settlements
This site doesn't have loads of information, but it does contain information on some recent settlements (including more information about Metabolife).
The $7.4 Million Verdict
The July 2004 ruling against Metabolife in a Houston court is what turned the trial lawyers from interested to super-aggressive. The above link is to an Associated Press story about the verdict and the fallout after the ruling.
Xenadrine Lawsuits
I don't want it to look like I'm picking on Metabolife (which has plenty of its own problems right now); here's information on Cytodyne Technologies (the makers of Xenadrine) being sued by eight counties and one city... in California. The suit alleged misleading advertising.
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