Cormier v. L'Oreal Paris

Anne-Marie Cormier (“Cormier”) colored her hair at home on April 14, 2003, with disastrous results. She awoke in the middle of the night because her head had become wet, cold, and sticky. The next day, April 15,2003, her scalp felt as if it had been burned and her cheeks and eyes were swollen. Knowing that “you could die” from using hair coloring, Cormier went to the emergency room later that day and reported that her scalp was burning due to a hair product. The emergency room doctor diagnosed Cormier’s condition as “contact dermatitis.” She returned to the emergency room the next day, April…