U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Cyndi Buchanan v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Amul Roger Thapar
- Filed
- Aug. 4, 2025
- Case
- Cyndi Buchanan v. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0386n.06 Case No. 25-5044 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Aug 04, 2025 ) CYNDI BUCHANAN; DANIEL KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk BUCHANAN, ) ) Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR v. ) THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ) TENNESSEE JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER, INC., ) ) OPINION Defendant-Appellee. ) Before: THAPAR, NALBANDIAN, and READLER, Circuit Judges. THAPAR, Circuit Judge. Cyndi Buchanan lost all her hair and alleged that an ingredient in Johnson & Johnson’s shampoo and conditioner was to blame. But Buchanan’s expert only testified that the shampoo and conditioner couldn’t be “ruled out as a cause” of her hair loss; he didn’t conclude that the hair products caused her loss. And her other evidence also doesn’t show causation. We thus affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Johnson & Johnson. I. Cyndi Buchanan struggled with hair loss years before she started using the products that she challenges in this lawsuit. In 2000, she lost a small patch of hair, which she attributes to stress. Twenty years later, a quarter-sized bald patch appeared on the back of her head. Thi…
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