'Good Morning America' Attacks Victoria's Secret with Faulty Bra Lawsuit

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Victoria's Secret, the well-known lingerie retailer, is being sued by a woman who claims the company's bra had formaldehyde in it and made her "utterly sick." ABC's "Good Morning America" ran a segment Nov. 11 focusing on that 37-year-old Ohio woman, Roberta Ritter.

"Victoria's Secret - certainly one of the world's most recognizable brands," anchor Diane Sawyer said. "And this morning, though, there are questions about what some of the bras might have in them. And did they cause a reaction?"

ABC's Andrea Canning warned viewers "some women say they've experienced very uncomfortable symptoms from the bras like rashes and hives, even permanent scarring ... but the bras are still on the shelves." 

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Canning portrayed Ritter positively, calling her a "loyal" patron of the company. "Her attorneys say dozens of other women have also contacted them with similar claims involving a number of collections in the brand - many wanting to be part of a potential class-action lawsuit."

But Canning didn't mention Ritter's history of filing lawsuits against large corporations. According to records from the Cuyahoga County Court database, Ritter filed a suit against Palmieri Hair Salons in 1995 for $50,000 and one against DaimlerChrysler (NYSE:DAI) in 2003 for $25,000. Although there were no details about the cases, court records, indicate that lawsuits were dismissed.

"Ritter's bra hasn't been tested yet," Canning said. "But she says her doctor diagnosed her with an allergic reaction that could have been caused by formaldehyde. Whatever it was, she doesn't want this to happen to anyone else."

According to letter sent to ABC News on behalf of the Formaldehyde Council, a trade association for the industry, the bras in question do not contain formaldehyde.

"Apparel made from fully synthetic fibers (such as the bras in your story) do not contain formaldehyde, a fact that is easily confirmed," Jim McCarthy, a Formaldehyde Council representative wrote.

McCarthy told the Business & Media Institute these complaints were rare and litigation fruitless.


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Thank you for keeping me

Thank you for keeping me abreast of this story, Jeff.

You knew someone was going to post it. Might as well be me. :-D 

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

I'm not going to touch this

I'm not going to touch this one.

»→ Second that NBB

There's a groundswell of support for this Tit for Tat

  • LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

two for the price of one

maybe she was using some spray foam insulation with extra expansion to give her bust a little boost ..

never look a gift skunk in the tail

It's Class Action Time

Victoria's Secret is being set up for a class action lawsuit. 

A mere allergic reaction to a product, resulting in no permanent damage is not worth much in Court. Establishing a link between the  contact dermatitis and the bra will not be easy.  These cases cost money to litigate, and the typical negligence attorney would not invest the money to prosecute the case. 

Contact dermatitis is

Contact dermatitis is caused by a foreign substance touching the skin.  The resulting allergic response is contained to the area of contact and should be fairly uniform in its extent given the amount of exposure.

For example, if the contact dermatitis is due to laundry detergent, the resulting skin problem will be only over the area touched by the clothing worn.  Hands, neck, face, scalps, and any other area not covered by the clothing washed in the offending detergent will not be affected.  Additionally, if only one area touched by the clothing is affected, but not other areas, then the detergent is not the problem, or, is only part of the problem, as some other substance is causing the dermatitis.

A bra contact dermatitis, traditionally caused by the metal nickel, only affects the skin touching the bra.  Unless the patient is using some other substance only in the area of the bra, then the bra is presumed to be the cause of the dermatitis. 

Skin allergen testing will likely confirm the cause and provde more evidence for a legal case. 

Whether the requirements for a tort can be supported is a different story.

It's Class Action Time

Victoria's Secret is being set up for a class action lawsuit. 

A mere allergic reaction to a product, resulting in no permanent damage is not worth much in Court. Establishing a link between the  contact dermatitis and the bra will not be easy.  These cases cost money to litigate, and the typical negligence attorney would not invest the money to prosecute the case. 

»→ I agree allanf

And I've seen nothing but class action from the VS models.

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I am surprise it made her

I am surprise it made her "udderly sick"

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This is a first.  If mammary serves me well.

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Investigative reporting

Can't ABC afford to buy a bra and test it themselves before conveying allegations?

This isn't a report on the bras. It's a report on the he-said-she-said battle of a lawsuit. And if you're going to get involved in a lawsuit and give it publicity (with the not-so-subtle hint that a class action suit is brewing), the least you can do it offer some independent assessment of the facts involved.

As it is, this simply says that a woman is bringing a lawsuit against a big corporation. Big deal. Happens about, what, every thirty seconds or so throughout the country? News ... sheesh ...

She's a boob, ignore


She's a boob, ignore her.  She's just trying to lift and separate some of Victoria's Secret's money.  

...and "push up" her bank

...and "push up" her bank account.

Oh no you didn't!

In a story on Victoria Sectret's bras, you had the audacity to include quotes like: 

"...it and made her "utterly sick."

"And this morning, though, there are questions about what some of the bras might have in them...

 

Hey, I got the wrong "CHANGE"!

Alan Keyes / Sarah Palin - 2012

The Formaldehyde Council???

Why haven't we heard from FADL? (Formaldehyde Anti-Defamation League)

 

A story...

....full of falseties intended to butt-ress and inflate her al-leg-gations.

I'm guessing Formal deHyde

I'm guessing Formal deHyde is a drag queen who appears alongside Ms. Ritter's Cher impersonation.  Ritter has a photo of "Miss" deHyde wearing the bra in question, thus, "See?  There's Formal deHyde in that bra."  Incontrovertible proof, at least in the eyes of yet another litigation whore.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Milllions versus dozens

"Her attorneys say dozens of other women have also contacted them with similar claims involving a number of collections in the brand - many wanting to be part of a potential class-action lawsuit"

So a few dozen women are experiencing some type of malady which they think is the fault of the bras they wear, versus the millions of women that don't, yet this rises to the level of a class-action lawsuit?  Excuse me for acting like a boob, but that is udderly foolish!

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

Here we go again with the

Here we go again with the 60's hags burning their bras in protest.  It's a huge pity that most of these broads are butt-ugly, slack-titted gorgons.  Otherwise, they would have my full support.

To quote my ex

Upon hearing about the silicone implant implant re-call, said about my, um, double D enhanced step-sister...

"I wouldn't want to be in her bra".

 

 

Victoria's Secret

Query the company, there are stories everywhere today on a recent show (pictures included). Yes, I looked.

In context to all of these wackos, remember the war protesters of the '60s who were tossing their bras in the air? Libs never change.

JDW

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Is there anything litigators

Is there anything litigators don't find dangerous? I'm suprised libs claim to love the Earth so much as they also seem to believe that virtually everything found in nature from food to chemicals to carbon dioxide is deadly.

One look at that headline

One look at that headline and I thought to myself: "This is prime-quality bait for a Pun-a-Thon."  I was not dissapointed.

People like her who file

People like her who file numerous law-suits need to be made accountable, including lawyers who take up these case to have to pay any costs that others may incur if they lose the case...period.

I am sick of this law-suit happy litigious society, the trial lawyers and environmentalists that have destroyed so many business, especially small businesses need this applied X 10  to them as far as I am concerned.

Get a life Rita.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Bailout

The news media is going into convulsions at the fact that corporations are spending bailout funds to entertain or for bonuses, how would they feel if attorneys focused on the fat cows? 

JDW

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A bra-zen, boobery of a

A bra-zen, boobery of a plaintiff, suing Victoria Secrets of its titillating product?  Come on now, that udderly petty of you Ms. Ritter.  Just let things firm up and go with the flow...   

we do live in a society of

we do live in a society of too many lawsuits...but that also hurts legitamate claims against people or companies that are negligent..this is probably just a bad reaction a few women had..but what about legitimate suits..there are people and companies who deserve to be raked over the coals for things they have done to others..my wife just reached a settlement on a suit she had when she broke her wrist on some ice that was not properly salted..we settled for 5,000 after expenses even though the lawyer said we could get 10 times that..but we felt we did not deserve more as she is fine..if more people acted like that and allowed for truely wronged people to get what they deserve,our system would be fine..