Plaintiffs have filed a hair relaxer consolidated class action lawsuit, which will make it easier for new claims to be filed against the manufacturers.
A federal judge has approved a standardized Short-Form Complaint for hair relaxer lawsuits, which will streamline the filing process for new claims.
A federal judge is calling on parties involved in hair relaxer lawsuits to present a plan for the selection of early bellwether trial cases by November 10.
The FDA has rejected a petition calling for a number of phthalates, chemicals linked to adverse health effects, to be removed from U.S. food products.
An Arkansas woman's chemical hair straightener lawsuit says she used the products for decades without being warned they could cause uterine cancer.
Hair relaxer manufacturers are seeking to have the Master Complaint dismissed, saying it fails to identify specific defects in specific products which could have caused plaintiffs' cancer.
A hair relaxer lawsuit filed by a Louisiana woman claims manufacturers failed to warn women of color that they faced an increased endometrial cancer risk from using the chemical straighteners.
A hair relaxer lawsuit blames years of exposure to chemical straighteners for a woman's endometrial cancer diagnosis and subsequent hysterectomy.
Defendants want to divide the discovery process to focus on the causal links between hair relaxers and cancer.
Plaintiffs have filed a Master Complaint in consolidated hair relaxer litigation, which will help make direct filing of cases to the MDL court easier.
