Victoria’s Secrets faces multiple product suits

According On Point, here are a list of product liability suits against Victoria’s Secrets that have come up in the past year or so.  Some of them are class actions, some aren’t, most are related to undergarments causing a rash, some are from flying objects that have popped off undergarments and caused injury.

 

UNSAFE UNDIES?

Plaintiff

Claim

Status

Jerilyn Amaya (USDC, S. Fla.) *

Adverse side effects from undergarments.

Filed 11/17/08

Linda Bryk (USDC, N.J.) *

Adverse side effects from undergarments.

Motion to transfer venue pending

Deborah Keck (Marin County Superior Ct., Calif.)

Rash from “unknown chemical, toxin, or allergen” in bra.

Filed 1/14/09

Jessica Lang (USDC, S.C.) †

Bra “malfunctioned, lacerating Plaintiff’s chest and left breast.”

Jury trial 12/2/09

Kimberly Moses (USDC, E. N.Y.) *

Adverse side effects from undergarments.

Filed 11/19/08

Macrida Patterson (Los Angeles Superior Ct.)

Defective Sexy Little Thing thong caused eye injury.

Jury trial 6/5/09

Vilma Ramos (Bronx Supreme Ct.)

“Severe personal injuries” from defective bra.

Filed 1/2/08

Roberta Ritter (Cuyahoga County Ct. of Common Pleas) *

“Adverse physical effects” from undergarments.

Class certification hearing 8/19/09

Tammy-Lynn Shiley (Camden County Superior Ct., N.J.)

Rash and infection from defective bra.

Filed 6/23/08

Sandra Shimshock (USDC, N. Ohio) *

Failure to warn of adverse side effects from undergarments.

Plaintiff dismissed case 12/5/08

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