Class Action Lawsuit - Palmer’s brand Cocoa Butter for Stretch Marks
Class Action Lawsuit - Mary Fallon, et al. v. E.T. Browne Drug Company, Inc., Case No. BC
411117, claims Defendant made false and misleading statements in its labeling and advertising of
Defendant’s Palmer’s brand Cocoa Butter Formula Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks, Cocoa
Butter Formula Massage Cream for Stretch Marks, Organics Cocoa Butter Massage Lotion for
Stretch Marks, Organics Cocoa Butter Massage Cream for Stretch Marks, and Organics Cocoa
Butter Tummy Butter for Stretch Marks (the “Palmer’s Products”). The settlement includes only
those five Palmer’s Products.
Los Angeles (PRWEB) December 1, 2009 -- A notice program authorized by the Los Angeles County Superior
Court began December 1, 2009 to alert those who purchased certain Palmer’s brand Cocoa Butter for Stretch
Marks products from April 3, 2003 through September 30, 2009 about a proposed settlement with E.T. Browne
Drug Company, Inc. ("Defendant"). The notice is a result of the Court certifying for settlement purposes only, on
November 24, 2009, a plaintiff class in a lawsuit alleging that Defendant made misleading or false statements
about certain Palmer’s Brand Coca Butter for Stretch Marks products.
The lawsuit, Mary Fallon, et al. v. E.T. Browne Drug Company, Inc., Case No. BC 411117, claims Defendant
made false and misleading statements in its labeling and advertising of Defendant’s Palmer’s brand Cocoa Butter
Formula Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks, Cocoa Butter Formula Massage Cream for Stretch Marks, Organics
Cocoa Butter Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks, Organics Cocoa Butter Massage Cream for Stretch Marks, and
Organics Cocoa Butter Tummy Butter for Stretch Marks (the “Palmer’s Products”). The settlement includes only
those five Palmer’s Products.
The Settlement does not mean that Defendant did anything wrong, and the Court has not decided that Defendant
did anything wrong. Indeed, Defendant has denied any wrongdoing whatsoever, and is settling the case only to