Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Cold-FX is not the only company beleaguered by lawsuits. In just one week cosmeticsdesign.com has reported on three other large corporations now required to defend themselves in court.
Procter & Gamble’s Old Spice deodorant brand has been hit with a lawsuit seeking compensation of up to $25 million for consumers who claim an allergic skin reaction to the deodorant. Due to the media attention, it is expected that this could grow into a very large class action suit.
In 2014, Unilever faced several lawsuits over their Suave brand Keratin Infusion 30 Day Smoothing Kit. Recalled in 2012 due to some consumers reporting the product dissolved hair and burned the scalp, just last week a circuit court upheld the original settlement compensating injured parties to the tune of $10,250,000.
It was widely reported last week that Johnson & Johnson and their talcum powder supplier Imerys Talc America are now subject to over 1000 lawsuits for not disclosing health risks that could cause cancer. Last month, the family of a woman who lost her life due to ovarian cancer was awarded $72 million and next week other court cases will begin.
