If you are a person in the United States who, since January 1, 2015 through May 23, 2023, paid any amount of money for a Hand Sanitizer Product that was sold or otherwise distributed by Artnaturals, Inc., you may be eligible to receive a cash payment and other benefits from a class action settlement.
Important Dates
- There is a class action lawsuit entitled Zelda Brodowicz, et al., v. Virgin Scent, Inc., No. 21-cv-60643-RKA (S.D. Fla.), pending in the federal district court in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The lawsuit was filed against Virgin Scent doing business as Artnaturals, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that Virgin Scent manufactured, marketed, distributed, and sold adulterated and misbranded hand sanitizer products that contained dangerously high levels of benzene without disclosing the benzene to consumers.
- Virgin Scent denies all these allegations. The Court has not determined whether Plaintiffs or Virgin Scent is right.
- In order to avoid continued litigation, however, and without any admission of any liability or wrongdoing whatsoever, Virgin Scent has agreed to a settlement of the claims in the lawsuit, and the Court has preliminarily approved a class action settlement. The Settlement Class consists of all persons in the United States who, since January 1, 2015 through May 23, 2023, paid any amount of money for a Hand Sanitizer Product that was sold or otherwise distributed by Artnaturals, Inc.
- Any judges to whom the Class Actions are assigned, and any member of such judges’ immediate families, are excluded from the Settlement Class.
- The class action settlement will provide a monetary payment to Settlement Class Members who qualify.
| Your Legal Rights and Options in This Lawsuit: | |
|---|---|
| SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM | All Settlement Class Members who submitted a valid Claim Form by the deadline may receive an automatic payment and an additional payment. The Claim Form is necessary to identify eligible Settlement Class Members who should receive monetary benefits. The claim filing deadline passed on August 12, 2023. |
| EXCLUDE YOURSELF | By asking to be excluded, you will not share in the settlement or receive a cash payment from it. This was the only option that allowed you to file another lawsuit for the claims that have been asserted or could have been asserted in this lawsuit. The deadline to file an exclusion passed on August 12, 2023. |
| OBJECT | You may have written to the Court if you did not like this Settlement, the benefits made available to eligible Settlement Class Members, or the request for attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. You may have both objected and submitted a Claim Form. The deadline to object to the Settlement passed on August 12, 2023. |
| GO TO A HEARING | You may ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the Settlement. |
| DO NOTHING | By doing nothing, you gave up the opportunity to receive an automatic payment and any additional payment you would have received if you filed a Claim Form. And you gave up the right to file your own lawsuit for the claims that have been asserted or could have been asserted in this lawsuit. |
Your rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained in the Notice.