On October 31, 2012, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Custom Accessories, Inc. ("Custom Accessories") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Moore's allegations that Custom Accessories sold automobile document holders containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California...
On February 27, 2012, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered an Amended Consent Judgment in Held v. S. Goldberg and Co., Inc., et al., which allowed defendants Nina Footwear, Inc. ("Nina") and Mamiye Brothers, Inc. ("Mamiye"), to opt-in to the original Consent Judgment, dated August 20, 2010, resolving citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Co., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on June 28, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Vaughan & Bushnell Manufacturing Co. (“V&B”) sold hammers with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)...
Whistleblower John Moore resolved his allegations against the defendant Greenlee Textron Inc. (“Greenlee”) in the enforcement action Moore v. Textron Inc.; Greenlee Textron Inc., when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on January 15, 2013. Moore alleged that Greenlee sold hand tools with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate...
On March 24, 2010, citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E., and settling defendant California Optical Corp. ("California Optical") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Held's allegations that California Optical sold cosmetic cases containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Coastal Pet Products, Inc., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on September 10, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Coastal Pet Products, Inc. (“Coastal Pet”) sold hand tools with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“...
On July 8, 2010, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant, Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation ("Burlington"), sold certain products identified in the Consent Judgment...
On December 15, 2010, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant Browntrout Publishers, Inc. ("Browntrout") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Moore's allegations that Browntrout sold books with covers containing excessive amounts of the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of...
On December 15, 2010, H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. ("H.H. Brown Shoe"), executed a Stipulation for Entry of Judgment whereby it elected to participate in a consolidated Consent Judgment to address the plaintiff Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that H.H Brown Shoe sold products in the State of California containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl...
The Honorable Mark H. Pierce of the Santa Clara County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Brimer et al. v. 3M Company, et al., on October 23, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers Russell Brimer, John Moore, and Peter Englander’s allegations that sixteen defendants, including Boston...
