Juul class action settlement pays people thousands of dollars

The payouts from Juul's $300 million class action settlement are finally being distributed — and some people are getting a lot more money than they bargained for.

Judging by the comments on some of these posts, it appears that people who submitted receipts for their Juul pods or pens may have received larger payouts, and with some users spending hundreds of dollars a week on vaping, it was adding up the amounts.

The payouts stem from a class action lawsuit alleging Juul customers were misled about the safety and addictiveness of its e-cigarette products. It also claimed that Juul customers would not have paid so much for Juul products if they had been aware of the risks. The court approved payments totaling $201.9 million for approximately 842,000 eligible claims, according to a court filing.