A class action lawsuit against Bath & Body Works will move forward after a California federal judge made some cuts to the proposed claims surrounding the company’s representations about the ingredient hyaluronic acid.
The lead plaintiff, Carmen Perez, says she bought Bath & Body Works’ Hyaluronic Hydrating Body Cream based on its representations that hyaluronic acid would keep her face smooth and hydrated. Perez says that she later learned that hyaluronic acid does not confer the benefits the company claimed, such as the ingredient being able to hold up to 1,000 times its weight in water.
However, U.S. District Judge Beth L. Freeman dismissed four out of Perez’s six challenged claims, as well as her bid for injunctive relief to prevent the company from continuing selling the questioned products. Judge Freeman also removed Bath & Body Works LLC’s parent company, Bath & Body Works Inc., from the lawsuit, choosing to lump them together.
The class action claims that remain indicate that Bath & Body Works advertised hyaluronic acid as an ingredient that “attracts and...
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