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Seresto Flea Collar Class Action Lawsuit Overview:
- Who: A Florida consumer, John Czerniak, sued Bayer and Elanco Animal Health Inc., the former and current owners of the Seresto brand of flea and tick collars.
- Why: The lawsuit stems from allegations that the Seresto collars can sicken and kill pets.
- Where: Czerniak’s lawsuit is playing out in federal court in Pennsylvania.
At least one of the class action lawsuits claiming owners of the Seresto brand flea and tick collar knowingly sold a product that can sicken and kill pets is progressing through the courts.
On Friday, a class action complaint filed by Florida Plaintiff John Czerniak against Seresto’s former owner Bayer and its new owner Elanco Animal Health Inc. was transferred to an Illinois court for pretrial proceedings.
Czerniak filed the lawsuit in April, alleging his dog Romeo developed seizures and skin irritation while using the Seresto collar, and that the seizures only stopped when he removed the product.
Czerniak’s class action lawsuit is purely seeking economic damages for the Class, rather than relief for any personal injuries or wrongful death, Law360 reported.
His is one of at least three class action lawsuits filed regarding the Seresto collar, after a bombshell report on the Seresto flea and tick collar by USA TODAY and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
Journalists discovered that, since Seresto collars were introduced in 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received incident reports of at least 1,698 pet deaths related to the product and done nothing about it.
Since the report was released, a Congressional subcommittee called on Elanco to voluntarily recall the flea and tick collars, but the company declined to do so, saying there was no evidence that the collar was to blame for the animals’ deaths.
Since the Seresto collar hit the market in 2012, the EPA received more than 75,000 incident reports related to the collars, including the 1,698 pet deaths and nearly 1,000 involving human harm.
Between 2013 and 2018, 907 incidents were reported with humans, 19 of these incidents deemed severe.
One included a case of a 12-year-old boy who slept in a bed with a dog wearing a collar who started having seizures and vomiting and had to be hospitalized.
The collar was developed by German pharmaceutical company Bayer and sold to Elanco in 2020. Elanco spokesperson Colleen Dekker said the company had sold more than 25 million collars and an incident report rate of .3 percent, and it had investigated all the reports of death and found no link to the active pesticides, USA Today reported.
“There’s nothing that suggests it’s the active ingredients in the collar that’s at fault,” Dekker reportedly said.
In March, weeks after the first report of incidents surrounding the Seresto collar, a class action lawsuit was filed against Elanco alleging the company misrepresented the safety of its products.
In May, another lawsuit against Bayer Corp and Elanco was filed in a Pennsylvania federal court, claiming the pair sold the Seresto flea collar despite knowing that substances included in the product could harm pets and owners.
Have you used a Seresto flea collar on your pet? We want to hear from you! Tell us what happened in the comment section below.
The lead plaintiff is represented by Daniel C. Levin, Nicholas J. Elia of Levin Sedran & Berman LLP, and Scott D. Levensten Law Firm, PC.
The Seresto Flea Collar Class Action Lawsuit is Levensten v. Elanco Animal Health Incorporated, et al., Case No. 2:21-cv-02364 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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176 thoughts onClass Action Alleging Seresto Collar Can Kill Pets Advances to Next Stage
Add me! Within 2 weeks of my dog wearing the seresto collar my dog got to where he wouldn’t eat much, started losing extreme amounts of weight, started shaking, throwing up, and it has made him extremely weak to where he if you stand him up he doesn’t have the strength to stand he just lays down. I took the collar off and gave him a good bath but it seems to be too late because he is dying! My dog was fine and very healthy weight before putting that seresto collar on him. I wish I had never wasted money on this collar and most definitely wish I had never placed it on my furbaby! You folks definitely need to be held accountable for this happening to people’s pets! The seresto collar not only kills fleas and ticks but it also KILLS your pets!
I had 2 Westies that both wore the collar for some years. The collar was recommended by their vet at the time. Gizmo developed lung cancer after a few years of wearing the collar. He struggled to get air and finally had to be put down. Diesel suffered terribly. He couldn’t eat no matter what I tried and lost more and more weight to the point where he had to be put down. I spent thousands of dollars between the both of them to get them diagnosed and treated only to lose them both.
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My Rottie developed lymphoma & died within a year of wearing this collar. He was only 5 1/2 yrs old.
I has 2 dogs die while wearing seresto collar notnsure if related. One was sudden renal failure. Second one had seizures and a cancerous tumor on her spleen that was attached to her lover which made it in operable and we had to euthanize her.
Our cat Jackson has been on the Seresto collar year round since 2017. He has developed a nervous system twitch down his spine, became an excessive groomer, pulled out fur until bald along spine. Vomiting. We repeatedly asked vet if this could be from collar she said no. When story about Seresto Collar came out last week we were horrified. We immediately took off collar. Called vet and were brushed off. I feel so bad I had been hurting my pet while trying to keep ticks off of him.
My pup was healthy. last year I used the seresto flea collar, he developed a rash and blood around his neck. I took the collar off of him, however he still itched. Took him to the vet, they prescribed prednisone and a antibiotic for his rash. It only provided temporary relief. Unsure if the collar was the culprit but he was fine prior. Sadly he recently died from renal failure.
My dog died suddenly wearing a sorrento collar. The other 2 dogs were hospitalized.
I got a collar for dog from the vet he wore it a month and I noticed red around his neck I took the collar of and was horrified by what I saw his neck was bloody with a rash all the way around his neck they need to stop making them
My Jack Russell was just diagnosed with Lymphoma. We just bought the serestro collar for the second year in a row. Very sad and we will enjoy the time we have left with him.
He’s only 7 years old I may add.