LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A former Nevada Supreme Court docket decide is suing a shuttered alkaline water firm, claiming its product killed her husband.
Attorneys for retired Justice Abbi Silver filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in opposition to Actual Water on behalf of the property of Kirk Jaster, her husband. Jaster died in September 2024 from issues of ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s illness, the lawsuit mentioned.
Silver and her attorneys allege Jaster died from the illness “as a result of consuming” Actual Water, which they declare contained the toxin hydrazine. Poisoning from hydrazine can result in “certain progressive brain diseases, including ALS,” the lawsuit mentioned, citing analysis.
In 2022, Silver resigned from the excessive courtroom to take care of her husband, the lawsuit mentioned. In 2024, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo appointed her to the Nevada Gaming Fee.
FILE – This undated photograph offered by Nevada Appellate Courts/Administrative Workplace of the Courts reveals Nevada Supreme Court docket Justice Abbi Silver. On Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Nevada Appellate Courts/Administrative Workplace of the Courts through AP, File)
The lawsuit cites different instances the place defendants have alleged that their hydrazine in Actual Water triggers their medical diagnoses.
In June 2021, Actual Water, which was based mostly in Henderson, agreed to stop operations till it might adjust to federal rules. The corporate by no means reopened.
In August 2021, the corporate filed for Chapter 7 chapter.
Final March, a jury awarded over 60 victims $3.8 billion in damages. In June 2024, a jury awarded $3 billion in damages to eight others. In October 2023, a $228 million settlement was additionally reached, and in October 2024, $5.2 billion was awarded to fifteen plaintiffs.
The lawsuit seeks a minimal $15,000 in damages, which is normal in Nevada civil instances.
Attorneys for Kemp Jones, LLP filed the lawsuit. Will Kemp and Eric Pepperman led the opposite instances in opposition to Actual Water, culminating within the massive financial awards.
