As parties finalize hair relaxer lawsuit bellwether protocol plans, which will be submitted by January 8, each individual plaintiff has been ordered to complete a fact sheet providing additional details about their injuries and products used
Early test trials will help gauge how juries may respond to evidence that will be repeated in thousands of hair relaxer lawsuits being pursued by women diagnosed with uterine cancer, ovarian cancer and other injuries.
Judge Rowland said defendants were either premature in seeking dismissal, or that plaintiffs had sufficiently pled their hair relaxer lawsuit claims.
Thousands of new hair relaxer lawsuits have been filed over the past few months, claiming manufacturers knew their products put women at risk of cancer.
A number of issues regarding the discovery process in hair relaxer kit lawsuits have been resolved by the parties, allowing the exchange of information about the link to cancer and other injuries to move forward
The hair relaxer class action lawsuit alleges that manufacturers failed to warn users about the risk of cancer, seeking refunds and medical monitoring costs.
Streamlined process for filing hair relaxer lawsuits in the MDL court will allow plaintiffs to use an abbreviated form, where allegations are adopted from a longer Master Complaint
A small group of hair relaxer lawsuits will be selected for discovery and prepared for a series of early bellwether trials to help gauge how juries may respond to certain evidence and testimony
Although environmentalists say there is "overwhelming evidence" phthalates in food is causing life-altering damage to human health, FDA has rejected a phthalates ban petition.
Plaintiff continued to use chemical hair straighteners for years after she was diagnosed with uterine cancer, unaware it caused her injury.
