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June 21, 2009

Alert: Hydroxycut Lawsuits Have Already Been Registered

Filed under: Health + More, Help 4 U, Legal Hub — admin @ 11:13 am

On May 1, 2009, there had been a recall of fourteen Hydroxycut diet-aid products coming from a number of reports that folks using the products were developing heavy liver problems and other health concerns. Less than seven days later, on May four, the first Hydroxycut class action suit was filed against the company that manufactures the products, Iovate Medical Sciences. The Hydroxycut Lawyer alleges company failure in informing the public about potential dangers of the products. Naturally, it’s too soon to know how the suit is going to turn out, but if the company had information which it did not reveal to customers, it should definitely be held accountable.

A class action legal action is filed by a bunch of people, all of whom have similar claims against a certain company. Filing a class action is just as effective, and a lot less dear, than filing an individual suit. As a rule, filing a class action lawsuit won’t cost you anything unless there’s a settlement. At that time, the attorney who handled the suit will take his costs from the compensation that got given and then assign the remaining funds to the accusers in the case. Since this is the case, you’ll be able to file a Hydroxycut class action suit without paying a penny out of your own pocket, which is one of the reasons that class action suits became so popular.

The 1st class action suit against Iovate was filed in Canada where the company is found and represents all Canadian citizens who sustained health problems due to Hydroxycut products. The FDA recall took place in the U. S. where twenty-three cases of liver disorders and other health problems had been reported. Health Canada did not receive any reports of liver damage due to the diet products, but they did receive 17 reports concerning folks who sustained breathing, neurological, heart, and gut issues as a consequence of Canadians using the products.

The Hydroxycut Liver Damage Suits alleges the company sold the company sold the products without properly informing the health risks that they could exposing consumers to. The complaint states the company did not publish the data on the product labels saying that users could run the risk of liver and kidney damage as well as stomach, heart, respiration, and neurological problems. The suit goes on to claim this was an obvious omission on the part of the company which deliberately misled clients concerning the protection of the products.

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