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Hair-Relaxer Litigation May Proceed In Illinois Federal Court, Judge Rules

 
• By Ryan Nelson

US district judge Mary Rowland decided not to throw out the majority of plaintiffs’ claims against L’Oreal, Revlon, SoftSheen-Carson and other hair-relaxer marketers on 13 November. She says plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded at this stage that defendants’ negligence resulted in their unknowingly using toxic chemical straightening products on their hair, leading to cancers or other injuries.

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Consolidated multidistrict litigation will go forward in Illinois’ Northern District alleging that L’Oreal USA, Inc., Revlon, Inc., SoftSheen-Carson, LLC, Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. and a host of other companies were negligent in developing, advertising and selling hair relaxers to consumers without providing warning about their risks.

As a result, the plaintiffs allege to have developed cancer

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