Paparazzi and Plaintiffs Lori Teske and Terri Franklin have come to a settlement.
Following arbitrage proceedings ordered earlier this 12 months, a joint stipulation was filed on October tenth.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, Plaintiffs Lori Teske and Terri Franklin and Paparazzi, LLC, Misty Kirby, Trent Kirby, Chantel Reeve, and Ryan Reeve that any and all claims within the above-captioned actions towards Defendants are hereby dismissed with prejudice.
All events shall bear their very own prices and attorneys’ charges.
Particulars of the settlement are confidential.
Teske and Franklin filed a Utah class-action towards Paparazzi in June 2022.
As alleged by Teske and Franklin;
Unknown to Paparazzi’s Consultants, Paparazzi’s jewellery comprises astonishingly excessive ranges of lead, nickel, cadmium, and/or different poisonous metals.
Not solely does the Paparazzi jewellery fail to stay as much as the standard and security representations Paparazzi has made about its merchandise, it poses well being and security dangers to Consultants and their prospects.
Paparazzi has reaped large income from these gross sales, whereas Consultants are saddled with nugatory, probably harmful items.
It’s assumed cash modified palms as a part of the settlement however we will’t affirm.
Paparazzi settled one other “lead & nickel free” class-action filed in California again in April. There are three different recognized associated class-actions nonetheless in play.
Regardless of there being very apparent poisonous steel contamination issues with Paparazzi’s merchandise, US regulators have up to now did not take any public motion.