A man who suffered liver failure after taking a dietary supplement agreed to a $2 million settlement in his Middlesex County products liability suit, Viloria v. USP Labs, on April 27.
In the summer of 2013, Benjamin Viloria began taking a supplement called OxyElite that was sold as a safe way to gain muscle and lose weight, according to his attorney, Matthew Mendelsohn of Mazie, Slater, Katz & Freeman in Roseland. Viloria used the product for several months, until he began experiencing liver problems, he claimed. In October 2013, Viloria’s liver failed, and he had to undergo an 11th-hour liver transplant, said Mendelsohn.
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