Settlement Structure: Claims Made
Active: Closed
Closed Settlement Statement:
According to court documents, the claim submission deadline has passed. Please contact the claims administrator if you have any questions.
Case Summary:Bayer Healthcare, LLC and Beiersdorf, Inc. are spending $2.3 million to settle a class action alleging that misrepresentation and false labeling for certain Coppertone spray sunscreen products. The complaint alleged that benzene has been found in certain of the sunscreens and that the packaging and labeling for the products did not disclose this.
Docket Number:1:22-cv-00291-BMC
Company: Bayer Healthcare, LLC
Filing Deadline: November 7, 2022
Objection Deadline: November 7, 2022
Exclusion Deadline: November 7, 2022
Final Approval Hearing: January 5, 2023
Proof of Purchase:You do not have to have proof but you may be able to make a larger claim if you do.
Eligibility:You may be eligible if you are a natural person who, before August 2, 2022, bought any of the covered products below, for personal, family, or household use and not for resale.
- Pure & Simple SPF 50
- Pure & Simple Kids SPF 50
- Pure & Simple Baby SPF 50
- Sport Mineral SPF 50
- Sport SPF 50
- Sport SPF 30
- Sport SPF 15
- Complete SPF 50
- Complete SPF 30
- Glow Shimmer SPF 50
- Glow Shimmer SPF 30
- Kids SPF 50
Benefits: (1) Refund, with proof of purchase: Refund of the purchase price of the covered products, as shown on your proof of purchase. (2) Refunds, without proof of purchase: Refund of the estimated purchase price of the covered products, at the average retail price, for up to six covered products per household, plus 10% additional for sales tax. If you received a refund through the voluntary recall program, the amount of money you receive will be reduced by the amount of the refund you have already received. (3) Injunctive relief: Beiersdorf will require testing for the presence of benzene for at least eighteen months after the entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, and will takes steps as required by the results.
Total Settlement Amount: $2.3 million
Class Representative Proposed Incentive Fee:$2,500
Law Firms:
Levin Sedran & Berman
The Sultzer Law Group P.C.
Claim Form: Sunscreen Settlement Claim Form
Case Name: Bangoura v. Beiersdorf, Inc. and Bayer Healthcare, LLC
Settlement Website: Sunscreen Settlement Website
Claims Administrator:
Angeion Group
Sunscreen Settlement Claim Administrator
1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Info@2022coppertonesettlement.com
833-903-3800