MEDIA – A Delaware couple allege that negligence on the part of a local hair salon led to the male plaintiff suffering hair loss, skin discoloration and patching, after a hair color and dye was applied to his scalp.
Delano King and Leahmon King of Middletown, Del. filed suit in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 26 versus Trish Salon (doing business as “Trish Hair Salon & Barber Shop”) and Phi Thi Le (individually and doing business as “Trish Hair Salon & Barber Shop”) of Lansdowne and L’Oreal USA, Inc. of New York, N.Y.
“On a date in or around mid-March of 2019, plaintiff, Delano King, went to defendant Trish to get a haircut. On that date, defendant, Le, and/or another employee, worker, representative, and/or agent, of defendant, Trish, cut, styled, and/or treated plaintiff Delano King’s hair,” the suit states.
“During his haircut, plaintiff Delano King, asked defendant Le, and/or another employee, worker, representative, and/or agent, of defendant Trish, who was cutting, styling, and/or treating his hair if she could color and/or dye his hair to get cover up the gray that had started to appear on his head and beard. Plaintiff Delano King had never before colored or dyed his hair.”
A dye was prepared and then applied to the hair on the subject plaintiff’s, head and chin areas. Though the plaintiff felt burning, itching and irritation immediately after the dye was applied, the suit says that defendant Le, and/or another employee, worker, representative, and/or agent, of defendant Trish, failed to quickly wash all the hair color dye(s), tint(s), and/or other chemical(s) out from the subject plaintiff’s head and chin areas.
“When plaintiff, Delano King, left defendant, Trish, both immediately and two days after his visit, he continued to experience burning, itching, and/or irritation on his head and chin areas where the hair color dye(s), tint(s), and/or other chemical(s) had been applied, placed, and/or used,” per the suit.
“Within a week of his visit to defendant, Trish, plaintiff, Delano King, began to experience patchy hair loss, discoloration, and/or pigmentation changes to the areas where defendant, Le, and/or another employee, worker, representative, and/or agent, of defendant, Trish, had applied the hair color dye(s), tint(s), and/or other chemical(s) to his head and chin areas.”
For counts of negligence, vicarious liability, strict liability, breach of warranty and loss of consortium, the plaintiff is seeking damages, individually, jointly and/or severally, in excess of $50,000, together with interest, costs of suit, delay damages, and any and all other relief this Court deems necessary, appropriate, and/or just.
The plaintiffs are represented by Michael J. Davey of Eckell Sparks Levy Auerbach Monte Sloane Matthews & Auslander, in Media.
The defendants have not yet obtained legal counsel.
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas case CV-2021-002012
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