Extending The Deadline For Filing A Revlon Hair Straightener Lawsuit For Only 30 More Days Seems Unfair

It will take years for people who are not technologically savvy to learn about hair relaxer products that may cause cancer

Wednesday, March 15, 2023 - Legal experts, lawyers representing those affected, advocacy groups, and legal scholars who have expertise in product liability law, are voicing their objections to a deadline being imposed by the bankruptcy court limiting the time one has to file a hair relaxer lawsuit claim against previously bankrupt Revlon. The bankruptcy court has imposed a time limit in which a person who has been injured or killed by allegedly using toxic hair relaxers made by Revlon to file a lawsuit. As a result of these objections and more, the court extended the deadline by about a month to April 11, 2023, not nearly long enough to inform all those who used the product that their lives may be in danger. Attorney Larry Taylor Jr, for example, a managing partner with The Cochran Firm out of Dallas, Texas, told the local news of his concerns over the deadline ruling that would, if not met, forever prohibit a terminally ill person from filing a Revlon hair relaxer lawsuit. "We're talking about less than 30 days to file a claim or forever be barred from bringing a claim. That is a serious concern. You know, the digital divide is a real thing." He went on to explain that many people who may want to file claims do not have the necessary resources or technology to do so. More than 100 lawsuits have already been filed, and thousands more could be expected against Revlon, Loreal, and other makers of hair straighteners alleging hair relaxer products caused them to develop uterine, breast, ovarian, and other forms of cancer of the reproductive system.

Women who have filed lawsuits against Revlon are concerned that others like them have not even heard of the connection between using hair relaxers and getting cancer. The most noteworthy study was published by the National Institute of Health saying scientists found that women who used hair relaxers and straighteners are more than twice as likely to get cancer than those who do not use the product. The study also noted that most of the women who use hair relaxers are Black women an obvious target of Revlon's and other companies marketing. One woman who has filed suit, Amanda Ramirez, used the product regularly as recommended, and alleges that doing so led to her developing breast cancer. In an interview with ABC News, Ramirez stated, "I feel like if I had known that this was a potential side effect of this product, I would have never used it." She went on to say, "I don't want other women to have to go through what I have gone through." A second plaintiff, Tamara Peterson, claims to have used the product for more than a decade when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2017. She told CNN, "I never would have thought that a hair straightener could have caused cancer." She continued, "I trusted the company and assumed that their products were safe."

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