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WEN Class Action Headed For Potential $26M Settlement In California

 
• By Ryan Nelson

Individuals with documented hair loss or other injuries attributed to use of WEN Cleansing Conditioners could be compensated with payments up to $20,000 apiece under a proposed settlement expected to be entered in California’s Central District at the start of August.

Guthy-Renker LLC and WEN by Chaz Dean, Inc. will establish a $26.25m fund largely to compensate WEN Cleansing Conditioner users for documented hair loss and other injuries under a proposed settlement headed for preliminary approval in California’s Central District Court.

The arrangement will resolve one of two suits filed in the court against the WEN product marketers by consumers claiming to have suffered adverse effects after using the “five-in-one formula,” said to cleanse without lather and condition

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