Texas, envying Florida's stupidity ranking, sues the maker of Tylenol for deceptive marketing

[thewayne]

The Attorney-General of Texas, Ken Paxton, has decided to sue the corporations Kenvue, and Johnson and Johnson, the makers and former makers of the Tylenol family of pain relievers, citing “deceptively marketing Tylenol” knowing that it “leads to a significantly increased risk of autism and other disorders.”

WHEEEEEEEEEE!

President Pudding Brain did that lovely press conference a few weeks ago where he repeatedly said, with minor variations "“Don’t take Tylenol. There’s no downside. Don’t take it. You’ll be uncomfortable. It won’t be as easy maybe, but don’t take it if you’re pregnant. Don’t take Tylenol and don’t give it to the baby after the baby is born”. There were some supercuts of this made that were quite amusing.

A couple of interesting sidenotes. The first is that Paxton will probably not be in office when this goes to trial as he's running for the U.S. Senate, so this is purely performative to appease the Orange God. He's also facing Federal Charges, which I believe are still pending, on some campaign finance irregularities - he was impeached on Texas charges but of course the Republican Texas legislature without surprise or irony found him innocent. It's definitely in his best interest to get out of Texas local politics before a change in political power takes place, which could happen.

The reality of autism and Tylenol, of course, is that autism was first classified as a disorder over a decade before Tylenol came to market. Still, this could cause J&J and Kenvue to bend the knee and cough up millions of dollars to the "Trump Presidential Library".

I hope they fight and drive Paxton et al into the ground.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/if-things-in-america-werent-stupid-enough-texas-is-suing-tylenol-maker/

Comments

[kaishin108]

That's just disgusting. Everyone associated and including the Felon is sue happy, grrrr.

[thewayne]

Texas is among the states that thinks it can legislate its way back to what it thinks are the Good Ol' Days.

[kaishin108]

Ugh!

[ndrosen]

I also hope that they fight and win.

[thewayne]

I think that if they fight, they will win.  But they might not fight.  Save face with the red states to ensure profitability.  It's not an easy one to predict.

[moonhare]

Science!

[thewayne]

ROFL!

[disneydream06]

OMg, if they bend the knee, I am going to be soooooooo pissed. :o
They should countersue for defamation. :ode
Hugs, Jon

[conuly]

JFC.

[thewayne]

It was pretty much guaranteed to happen.  And if it wasn't going to be TX, it'd be FL.

[silveradept]

Given that the companies themselves have deep pockets, it will be interesting to see whether they decide it's better for their profits to stand up for their product and drive Paxton into the ground with a sledgehammer, to prove that he's a liar and so is everyone else, or to produce some bribe that will swat the flies away, but otherwise mark them as lacking courage for the future.

I'd like to see the sledgehammer, myself. Dominion and others have already proven they can win defamation and other such suits.