Class action lawyers would like to negotiate consumer refunds and disgorgement because the creams and lotions don’t actually block all ultraviolet rays. (“Suit: Sunscreen labels are misleading”, AP/CNN, Mar. 31; Point of Law, Mar. 31).
“Sunscreen is the snake oil of the 21st century”
Class action lawyers would like to negotiate consumer refunds and disgorgement because the creams and lotions don’t actually block all ultraviolet rays. (“Suit: Sunscreen labels are misleading”, AP/CNN, Mar. 31; Point of Law, Mar. 31).
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Greedy, lying [censored].
As a person of severe palor, I assure you, sunscreen makes the difference for me between severe, painful burns in as little as 30 minutes and a full day in the sun with skin irritation.
To call that “snake oil” is complete and utter garbage, and if I were those companies, I’d be lining up people (like myself) and suing those lawyers for libel.
In fact, why DON’T they sue the lawyers for libel?
Here Comes the Sun — Run For Your Lives!
Plenty of folks have noted the sunscreen lawsuit (e.g., Overlawyered, Point of Law). It’s worth emphasizing what PoL notes but most news reports have not — it’s not a personal injury suit. Instead, the complaint asserts fraud and statutory claims:
Deoxy!
We need you to run for president!
And yes “sue the bastards”!
Amen, I get a sunburn if I LOOK outside for too long. Maybe we can send the lawyers to a tropical beach without sunscreen?
An excelleent idea.
I hereby propose that this lawyer put his money where his mouth is.
Let’s lay this lawyer out in the sun on a beach somewhere. We’ll put SPF 50 sunscreen on his left side and nothing on his right side (unless he’s left-handed, then the other way around) and leave him there for a few hours, then see how the “snake oil” works.
That sounds pretty good to me.