McKinney
McKinney v. Revlon, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Stein, J.
Revlon, Inc., appeals from a judgment in favor of Lyn McKinney for injuries caused by a hair frosting product manufactured by Revlon. We affirm the judgment.
Factual and Procedural Background
In 1988, McKinney, a registered nurse, purchased Revlon Frost and Glow, a home hair frosting product manufactured by appellant. Previously, she had her hair frosted in a beauty salon without incident, but had not used a home frosting product. McKinney was healthy and had no diseases or other physical abnormalities at the time she used the product. Nothing on the Revlon box containing the product warned of any potential side effects. McKinney testified that if there had been a warning, she would not have purchased the product. She read the directions, which instructed her to do a hair strand test to determine how long the product should be left on the hair. She placed a plastic shower-type cap with holes in it on her head, pulled a strand of hair through one of the holes, and applied part of the chemical to the strand of hair. The function of the strand test was solely to determine how long it took to bleach the hair, not to detect any physical reaction to the product.