A class action federal lawsuit was filed Monday against three national Chicago-based cannabis companies, claiming they’re causing “tragedy and human misery” by making false claims about the medical effects of their products, and downplaying their dangers.
The suit was filed on behalf of 42 customers in a dozen states against Cresco Labs, Inc., Green Thumb Industries, Inc., and Verano Holdings Corp. A similar suit was filed in state court in downstate Marion County, and in Connecticut against another cannabis multi-state operator, Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.
The litigation was filed by, among other attorneys, former McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, who as prosecutor in 2023 demanded that cannabis dispensaries in his county post warnings about the potential harms of cannabis, or face consumer fraud lawsuits. He is now in private practice for Burke Law Group in Chicago.
The new suit claims that the companies knew or should have known about the hazards of their products and lack of evidence for medical benefit, and should have better warned consumers. The suit seeks class certification for anyone who bought cannabis products in recent years from those companies.
The action seeks disgorgement of “all monies wrongfully obtained” by the cannabis companies, restitution to their customers, a prohibition on false medical claims, and requiring defendants to warn customers about their products’ dangers to mental and physical health. The suit alleges that customers...
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