Audet & Partners, LLP is investigation claims by increasing numbers of consumers that a hair relaxer manufactured by L'Oreal and sold under the SoftSheen brand, causes hair loss and a rash of other injuries.  Users of the SoftSheen Relaxer have alleged that the company promoted the product as a safe and effective solution for more full and silky hair, with an active ingredient of alma oil, also known as the gooseberry. The L'Oreal product, widely sold in retailers including CVS and Walmart,... Read More

Audet & Partners, LLP is investigating claims by increasing numbers of consumers in an RV refrigerator lawsuit that refrigerators manufactured by Dometic Corporation are prone to explosions and fire damage.  It has been alleged that within the past twenty years, thousands of gas absorption RV refrigerators manufactured by Dometic have inexplicably combusted causing more than $100 million in property damage and personal injury claims. It is suspected that the defects in the RV refrigerators manufactured by Dometic include premature corrosion that... Read More

Audet & Partners, LLP is investigating the viability of aloe vera lawsuits alleging false advertising by manufacturers and distributors of a range of aloe vera products.  Despite promoting aloe vera gel as containing pure aloe vera, independent laboratory tests suggest that, in fact, many of these products contain little or no actual aloe vera. Products being targeted for these claims include, but are not limited to, the following: • Up & Up Aloe Vera Gel manufactured and sold by Target; • Fruit of the Earth... Read More

August 30, 2016 - Audet & Partners, LLP is pleased to announced that after a protracted battle over the issue of personal jurisdiction, the California Supreme Court issued a significant, favorable ruling denying an effort by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), manufacturer of Plavix blood clotting medication, to obtain dismissal of pending Plavix cases in California Courts.  The ruling clarifies the quality of contacts and activities that allow a non-resident plaintiff to bring a claim in California State Court over a defendant's objections based on specific jurisdiction over the... Read More

Audet & Partners, LLP has brought a class action lawsuit against Anthem, Inc., on behalf of subscribers who were entitled to, and denied by Anthem, "medically necessary prescriptions" as prescribed by their physicians. In the Complaint filed on July 15, 2016 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, it is alleged that Anthem has engaged in a systemic practice of denying coverage for medically necessary drugs in many situations where no comparable generic alternative exists, and... Read More