Because of the number of lawsuits, the complicated issues involving chemical hair straighteners and cancer have been combined into a class action litigation. Another possibility is a class action lawsuit brought by additional victims who aren’t yet seeking legal...
Several known and potential risk factors can cause uterine cancer and other types of cancer. A new risk for uterine cancer is exposure to chemicals through hair straightening and relaxing treatments. These products are also commonly known as “chemical relaxers” or...
Why did the Chemical Hair Straightener Lawsuit Come About? Using hair straightening products exposes women to a higher risk of developing Endometrial cancer. It is the Phthalates – the colourless, odourless, oily liquids with negligible evaporation rate. Phthalates...
Hair straighteners have been around for more than 100 years. Within minutes, these chemicals can straighten curly hair. But now, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed in the US against the companies that produce these straighteners. L’Oréal’s U.S. subsidiary and the...
Women worldwide use chemical straighteners or relaxers to alter hair texture. Recent research, however, suggests a potential link between these products and increased risks of endometriosis and cancer. As information about these chemicals grows, so does public and...
Recent studies have confirmed a long-standing suspicion about the urgent and direct link between cancer and hair straighteners used by women of color. These findings have sparked a series of lawsuits across the United States and prompted the U.S. Food and Drug...
Not represented by another law firm for an acetaminophen-related claim.
Representative is the mother of the child.
Child is under the age of 18.
Mother took acetaminophen-containing products during the second trimester or third trimester of her pregnancy.
Child has been diagnosed with one of the following types of autism:
Autism Spectrum Disorder or is suspected to have Autism Spectrum Disorder and is willing to obtain a formal diagnosis.
Asperger’s Syndrome
Kanner’s Syndrome
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Not Otherwise Specified (PDD NOS)
Autistic Disorder
EXCLUDING FACTORS
Mother suffered one or more of the following complications during pregnancy: Gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, or an infection and related fever that required the mother’s hospitalization.
Child is diagnosed with one or more of the following: Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Tourette Syndrome, or Tuberous Sclerosis.
Mother used one or more SSRI drugs (commonly prescribed antidepressants) while pregnant: Citalopram (Celexa), Escitalopram (Lexapro), Fluoxetine (Prozac), Paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva), Sertraline (Zoloft).
Mother used any of the following substances while pregnant: Alcohol, any illegal drugs, including marijuana and tobacco.
One of the child’s parents is diagnosed with autism.
Mother was over age 38 at the time of birth.
The biological father must be 45 years or younger at the time of birth.
One or more of the child’s siblings is diagnosed with autism unless the sibling also satisfies this intake criteria.
