Class action lawsuit filed in southern West Virginia against Family Dollar, Walgreens, Dolgencorp, and Walmart

Danielle Sandler
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CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — A class action lawsuit was filed against Family Dollar, LLC, Walgreens Co., Dolgencorp, Inc., and Walmart, Inc. for wrongful conduct relating to the marketing and sale of an allergy medication.

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The lawsuit was filed on March 23, 2024 on behalf of the District of southern West Virginia and was filed by West Virginia attorney Charles R. “Rusty” Webb of the Webb Law Centre, PLLC. The wrongful conduct had to do with the marketing, sale, and distribution of allergy, cold and flu products containing the ingredient phenylephrine. The products claimed that this ingredient would help with decongestant issues, which they did not.

This ingredient is in at least 250 different kinds of products for decongestion. Although these companies knew that this ingredient was ineffective, they still continued to manufacture and sell the products with the ingredient in and also marketed them as effective.

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Attorney Charles R. Webb is fighting for all residents in West Virginia and the United States and the case has been assigned to Judge John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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