Settlement: $125,000
Case: Anonymous v. Anonymous
Court: New York County (Manhattan)
Date: 1/28/2010
Plaintiff Attorney: Eric Turkewitz, The Turkewitz Law Firm, Manhattan
In 2005, Plaintiff was a 22-year-old student and opera singer. She went to the defendants to have hair removed by laser and had numerous appointments. The last treatment resulted in hundreds of burns to the legs when the machine’s power controls were increased to expedite the procedure.
Injuries: Plaintiff suffered laser burns, blisters and scars to her legs. The photograph here of her laser burns is used with her permission.
A second case of burns from laser hair removal, and a $400,000 recovery, is here.
