Bluefly, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on February 21, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead and...
On November 15, 2006, the Honorable Ronald E. Quidachay granted the parties' motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Brimer v. Blue Sky Brands, Inc.; The Paragon Gifts, Inc.; Bits & Pieces, Inc. In this matter, Russell Brimer alleged that Blue Sky Brands, Inc., The Paragon Gifts, Inc., and Bits and Pieces, Inc. ("Blue Sky") manufactured,...
Blue Diamond Growers elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on November 14, 2005. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. MMF Industries, et al. and DiPirro v. Office Depot, Inc. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on January 29, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendants MMF Industries, Block and Company, Inc., Office Depot, Inc. (collectively referred to as "...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Filo America, the parties executed a Consent Judgment on July 31, 2013. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Filo America sold adhesive bandages containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the...
In a settlement agreement reached on November 20, 2001, Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, Michael DiPirro, and distributor of glass and crystal products, Blanch Cristal, S.A., entered into a settlement resolving DiPirro's allegation that Blanch sold crystal tumblers containing lead without providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65.
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On August 8, 2007, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Bird in Hand, Inc., et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant, Bird in Hand, Inc. ("Bird"), sold pint glasses and other glassware with colored artwork on the surface containing the heavy metal lead in the State of...
Michael DiPirro and Binney & Smith, Inc. entered a Settlement Agreement on January 24, 2001, which resolved citizen enforcer DiPirro's allegations that Binney & Smith distributed and/or sold certain crayons containing asbestos and talc containing asbestiform fibers in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
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The San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in the case of Leeman v. Big Lots Stores, Inc., et al., on December 15, 2005, which resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman's allegations that defendants Big Lots Stores, Inc. and PNS Stores, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") distributed and/or sold certain glass and metal terrariums or greenhouses...
On September 21, 2005, Whitney Leeman, Big Lots Stores, Inc. and PNS Stores, Inc. reached a settlement agreement that resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D.'s allegations that the defendants sold glass and metal terrariums/greenhouses containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
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