Caveat Emptor When It Comes to Hair

2006_06_johnb.jpgA woman is suing the posh John Barrett salon for $150,000 over "considerable hair damage." But ladies who lunch, don't worry - it wasn't John Barrett or any of his regular hairstylists who gave the woman a "fright wig" style hairdo. The customer, Maria Torres, who works for the Department of Housing, had a hair treatment with a training program three years ago. And three years later, it's still giving her a bad hair day! The John Barrett Salon says Torres signed a release and "knew it was a training program." While Gothamist can sympathize with someone who has a traumatizing hair cut (it does take about 24-48 hours to adjust), you are totally playing with fire when you go to those training nights.

And for John Barrett himself to cut your hair, it'll cost you $400. If anyone has had him cut your hair, we imagine that is some fine 'do.

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Dear Sir,
Will you please shave Jessica
Simpson's hair bald and donate hair to
sick sick children whom they lost their
hair twice to Cancer disease and Chemo-
tharpy disease and Luckmia d i s e ase
at St. Judes hospital Okay Sir thankyou
sign a friend.

Whether it was the John Barrett Salon's fault or not, everyone has a "bad hair day", and if she signed a release, knowing it was a "training program", I hope the ruling isn't in her favor. The release is a legal document signed by the Plaintiff and should be treated as such.

What a rediculous woman, bad hair days can be blamed on anything, hormones, weather static as wel as products etc, I hope this silly woman is laughed out of the court and fines for wasting court time

hi everyone Im writeing you to find some thing out my brother died 21/2 years ago from this cancer and I fownd out that you cane take the one that you loves ashes and put them in to a tatoo and I would like to do that butbecause of it being a blood cancer I don't know if that is posabul. If any one can help me find this ? out I would greatly apreasheat it! thank you so much for your time April Gibson

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