J&J Sued by Consumers Over Children’s Cold Medicines
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Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest health-products company, was sued by U.S. consumers accusing it of fraud and racketeering, and demanding cash refunds for recalled children’s cold and allergy medicines.
In five complaints seeking class-action, or group, status filed yesterday in federal court in Chicago, the consumers spurned an offer by J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare and McNeil- PPC Inc. units for refund coupons and demanded cash.