Hair Relaxers & Cancer

Weitz & Luxenberg attorney EricaRae Garcia has been appointed, along with a diverse group of other attorneys, to serve on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) in the multidistrict litigation (MDL). Ms. Garcia is part of Defective Drugs and Devices litigation practice area. The cases have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois before the Honorable Judge Mary Rowland. Lawsuits are being filed against companies L’Oreal, SoftSheen Carson, Godrej, Strength of Nature, Luster Products, Namaste Laboratories, among others.

The court has adopted a short-form complaint through Case Management Order (“CMO”) 7 and most defendants have waived service of process, which is reflected in CMO 8. A Plaintiff Fact Sheet (“PFS”) has been adopted and is required for all Plaintiffs .Discovery is very active and documents have been produced by several of the defendants and document review is underway. W&L is actively filing lawsuits in this MDL.