Products Liability
Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation
Pending actions
11,779
Historical total
16,199
Resolved / remanded
4,420
Active. A substantial share of actions remain pending. Of 16,199 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 11,779 remain active.
About this litigation
Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation is a federal multidistrict litigation classified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as a Products Liability docket. It was centralized on February 6, 2023 before Mary M. Rowland, U.S. District Judge, in the N.D. Illinois.
As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 11,779 individual lawsuits are pending in this MDL. Cases coordinated in an MDL keep their separate identity — they are managed together only for pretrial proceedings. Learn how MDLs work.
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