Cochran, Foley & Associates, P.C. is representing a professional hair stylist who is now wheelchair-bound and suffering from brain damage after being electrocuted by a faulty curling iron.

Rita Perna-Allor of Monroe was working for Blue Water Spa Salon in Monroe on January 18, 2007, when the Hot Tools Curling Iron she was holding shorted out. (MODEL # 1130)

Because of the permanent and debilitating injuries, Perna-Allor is suing Helen of Troy, (Nasdaq: HELE) the manufacturer of the faulty curling iron, for failure to have an adequate handle and other safety features; and Blue Water Spa and Salon of Monroe, Michigan, for not having properly grounded (G.F.I.) outlets.

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The Complaint Filed in Monroe County Circuit Court before the honorable Judge Costello, docket number 0724247 NO.

Press Release of October 8, 2007