PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia woman is suing Dollar General after she says her shirt caught fire after she used the company's nail polish remover.
According to the Oct. 7 Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County filing, Sonya Wayne accused Dollar General and the Dolgencorp LLC of strict liability. The defendant removed the case to Philadelphia federal court eight days later.
The suit states on or around Aug. 26, 2017, Wayne used the Dollar General brand nail polish remover on her nails. The plaintiff alleges 45 minutes later, when she tried to light a cigarette, her shirt caught fire. Wayne says she suffered second-degree burns to her head, face, neck and eyes.
"The injuries suffered by the plaintiff ... were the result of the nail polish remover being defectively designed, produced, distributed, and/or provided for the use of consumers by the defendant and being unsafe for its intended use," Wayne alleges. The suit also states Dollar General failed "to warn of the known dangerous conditions that the nail polish remover would catch fire within a certain amount of time."
Wayne seeks damages in excess of $50,000, plus interest and litigation costs. She is represented by attorney James Radmore of The Radmore Firm in Philadelphia.