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Dry shampoo lawsuits alleged that aerosol products sold under the Batiste, Sun Bum, and Paul Mitchell names contained benzene that consumers never expected to find in a hair product. The lawsuits followed laboratory testing that detected benzene in specific batches of dry shampoo from dozens of brands.

The largest public resolution was a settlement involving Batiste manufacturer Church & Dwight. That settlement is finished. It provided a $2.5 million cash fund and up to $600,000 in product vouchers, which explains why you may see it described as either a $2.5 million or $3.1 million deal. Those are two ways of describing different parts of the same settlement.

If you bought Batiste dry shampoo but did not file a claim by the 2023 deadline, you are too late to collect from that settlement. The individual payments were picayune anyway. People without proof of purchase could receive up to $10, while consumers with receipts could seek reimbursement subject to the settlement terms.

Many brands of electric pressure cookers have dangerous design flaws that can cause the device to malfunction and eject boiling liquid, leading to severe burns and disfigurement.

Our national product liability lawyers are actively seeking new cases from individuals who have been seriously burned or injured by a defective pressure cooker. If you have been harmed by an instant pressure cooker, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Contact a pressure cooker lawyer today to determine whether you can file a lawsuit for the injuries you have suffered.

These cases are not about a harmless kitchen accident. A pressure cooker that opens while still pressurized can spray scalding liquid across a kitchen in seconds. Victims suffer second-degree burns, third-degree burns, facial burns, eye injuries, nerve damage, scarring, skin grafts, and permanent disfigurement. That is why pressure cooker burn lawsuits can have significant settlement value.

On this page, our national mass tort lawyers look at Minecraft addiction lawsuits. These lawsuits allege that Minecraft, Microsoft, and Mojang used game design features that can cause compulsive play in minors and young adults, failed to warn families about the risk of gaming addiction, and failed to include stronger safeguards to protect children.

This is not a review of Minecraft. We are not here to decide whether Minecraft is creative, educational, or fun. Minecraft can look harmless, almost like digital Lego. But the legal question is what happens when an open-ended game with no real finish line becomes the center of a child’s life?

Our lawyers contend that Minecraft addiction lawsuits are meritorious product liability lawsuits. The claim is that Minecraft was designed and sold in a way that can push vulnerable players toward compulsive play, withdrawal symptoms, rage when access is restricted, anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, social isolation, falling grades, and physical injuries from excessive gaming.

There is a lot of confusion out there about Mirena lawsuits.  Women are bewildered because there have been so many lawyers in recent years who are looking to bring a Mirena lawsuit.  There are still Mirena lawsuit advertisements still up in 2024.  Yet they cannot find a lawyer for their case.  We are not handling these claims. But we can tell you about them.

If you are frustrated, I completely understand.  Let me try to explain because there are not a lot of good explanations out there online.

When these lawsuits began, plaintiffs’ lawyers filed thousands of Mirena lawsuits.  The focus of the litigation was:

1. What did Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals know about the risks associated with IUDs in general and, specifically, with Mirena?
2. Why didn’t the company do a better job of communicating the risks of uterine perforation and migration?
3. What Bayer tried to do to make its IUD as safe as possible?
4. Were profits the motive to avoid making the warning clearer?

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