Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 6, 1993 TAG: 9305060065
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: LON WAGNER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Short
Now she's suing the Cincinnati-based company for $150,000.
In a lawsuit filed last week in Franklin County Circuit Court, Jarrett said that some Cover Girl Oil Control makeup she bought at Revco in Rocky Mount had glass particles in it that scratched her neck.
"I noticed my neck stinging," Jarrett said. "I looked in the mirror and I had three scratches."
Kimberly Stewart, a spokeswoman for Procter and Gamble, would not comment on the lawsuit other than to say the company would contest it.
In the lawsuit, Jarrett says she bought the makeup in April 1991. On April 9, while getting ready to go out for her fifth anniversary, the makeup scratched her neck and she found glass in the bottle.
Jarrett said this week that she wouldn't have sued the company if its representatives would have expressed concern about her injury. She said she originally called the company because she was concerned that more than one bottle of the makeup might have contained glass.
"I thought they might want to pull the product," Jarrett said. "I really think somebody ought to know, because Procter and Gamble doesn't seem too concerned about it."
Jarrett said it took more than a year for slivers of glass to work their way out of her skin. She and her husband sell homemade goods on the Roanoke City Market, and she said she had to begin working out of her home because people were put off by the looks of her neck.
"I had some real terrible comments," she said.
\ ran on C4 in the Metro edition.
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