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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

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[–] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many have tried, and many have failed to sue them due to a lack of evidence.

There has been no new evidence btw.

it isn't lawsuit in a traditional way.

there's no law in this country anymore. they are asking for a bribe

[–] laserm@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This timeline is so fucked that J & J somehow managed to be the good guy for once..

Less the good guy, more a target of a bad guy.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Johnson and Johnson is a huge, multinational pharma company with more money than God. They aren't going to be intimidated or extorted by this dumbass governor.

This case will get tossed in the discovery phase when the judge asks for scientific evidence and all the governor can provide are these whoo-whoo dipsh*t theories.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

SpongeBob: "One Day Later"

WASHINGTON ‒ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Oct. 29 that he does not have "sufficient" evidence to link Tylenol to autism, more than a month after the White House discouraged the medicine's use by pregnant women and young children.

Evidence does not show that Kenvue's pain medicine Tylenol definitively causes autism but that it should still be used cautiously, President Donald Trump's top health official told reporters. Last month, the president said U.S. health officials would recommend limiting Tylenol's use.

"The causative association… between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive," Kennedy told reporters, citing animal, blood and observational studies.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/29/health-chief-insufficient-data-tylenol-causes-autism/86972118007/

Well, THAT should make Discovery a whole lot easier. How does the underside of that bus taste, Abbot? Lol.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

They're being sneaky.

As attorney general, Paxton has a different avenue into court than an individual trying to prove that Tylenol caused their child’s autism. While those lawsuits focus on personal injury claims, this suit hinges on two state consumer protection laws, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

“That overlaps a lot with the science and with the argument that is going on about Tylenol right now, but it’s ultimately a different burden of proof and different damages that we’re going to be seeking,” Keller said.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Not if the judge has been appointed by R.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Hillbilly Tyrannical Fascist Government

VS

Monopolistic Corrupt Big Pharma Corporation

Who would win?


Stay tuned!

[–] phx@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Pharma. Regardless of who's involved, being able to sue somebody based on made up bullshit is not a good precedent

[–] Aspharr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Yes, but when was the last time these guys cared about "precedent"? I agree in thinking Pharma wins, but only because money. One CEO visit to the Whitehouse and some brown nosing and Trump will start saying how they're "good people".

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

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[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 16 points 2 days ago

Wait the state is suing the company? Shouldn't it be the other way around? The company suing the CDC and RFK Jr. personally due to the clearly slanderous statements?

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 125 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It is hard to believe this is not an onion article. "We just made this up and now we are suing you for not warning people about the shit we just made up".

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't wait for all these bullshit cases to get in front of judges. Some of them already have, and are getting tossed. The media should be covering it much heavier.

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The media is fully captured by hard right idealogues.

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[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 230 points 3 days ago (12 children)

Are fucking insane? How on earth do they expect to actually win this lawsuit?

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 188 points 3 days ago (5 children)

They don't. It's part flood the zone, part pandering to certain voters. Look what we do for you! A blue state wouldn't fight for your health like this!

Nothing will come of it but it's a positive distraction from the extraction of wealth that is currently happening.

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

It's also a very obvious distraction from

THE EPSTEIN FILES

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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

People have tried in the past and each time it got thrown out because the judges ruled they were full of shit. As recently as 2023, even, from Reuters:

Cote, in a 148-page ruling, found that none of the five expert witnesses proposed by the plaintiffs had offered a sound scientific methodology to support their opinion that Tylenol's active ingredient, acetaminophen, could cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

"Instead, the unstructured approach adopted by the plaintiffs' experts permitted cherry-picking, allowed a results-driven analysis, and obscured the complexities, inconsistencies, and weaknesses in the underlying data," she wrote.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 78 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I’m not a lawyer but shouldn’t J&J be suing the Federal Government for making utterly unsubstantiated claims in an official announcement?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think they’re waiting for the damages to really rack up. Then they can sue the taxpayer for billions and nobody can stop them.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We could put on a really big tinfoil hat and say that this is all a plan to funnel billions of taxpayer dollars to J&J by way of crafting an airtight lawsuit for them to win and get awarded an absolutely massive payout.

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Is there any science proving this? Could I sue "Buckley's Cough Syrup" because of my gut feeling that they caused my toenail fungus?

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Short answer no. Also correlation is not causation Let's say child autism is correlated with infection at a certain age then it could be the infection and not the thing you took for the infection.

They are dumb fucks who cannot read studies. Remember COVID?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

a buddy of mine got a flu shot and then while walking out of the pharmacy he was hit by a car. Coincidence? No way.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Hopefully Tylenol sues texas back for being malicious idiots.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 2 days ago

I read this as "Tylenol sues Texas for libal"

Took me a few re-reads to understand the idiots spreading the libel are the ones suing. They're gonna get counter-sued real fast.

Unfortunate that the tax payers will shoulder the burden.

Edit: this is a strange way for a company to get a government subsidiary:

  1. lobby stupid politicians to sue you for stupid reasons
  2. countersue.
  3. ...
  4. Profit.
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 146 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I'm all for it. Let's have discovery, let's shine a light on this stupidity.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Exactly. Like Republicans in 2020 wouldn’t bring any election denial claims to court cause the had no actual evidence

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Texas failing once again at using facts and science. They love to shoot themselves in the foot and blame others for making the gun that shot them.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well, some lawyers are about to make a shit load of money as this drags out for a decade.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago (20 children)

Tylenol is basically paracetamol, right? It's a generic drug. Why are they suing a specific brand?

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

God I hope texas eats a big old pharma dick on this one. I feel like they're just anti women at this point.

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[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is what happens when you put conspiracy theorists into office: You get them suing or attacking organisations for things that aren't real.

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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago

I hope somebody documents every penny Texas wastes on this frivolous crap.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

As usual our AG is being an ass

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s all fun and games until you realize discovery is a part of a lawsuit

Did their lawyers even pass the bar?

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 27 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I hear that MAGA hats have chemicals that leach into your brain and make you a complete idiot.

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I hope they bankrupt the fucking state of Texas. Someone should sue him for wasting taxpayer money. Toss-up on whether I feel bad enough for progressive &/or sensible Texans to care how those two thoughts play-out.

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