Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Superior Tool Corporation (“Superior Tool”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on April 17, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Superior Tool sold hand tools with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California...
Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendant Orgill, Inc. (“Orgill”) were resolved on April 22, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Orgill, Inc. In this enforcement action, which will be reviewed by the Alameda County Superior Court, Moore alleged that Orgill sold tools with grips and PVC/vinyl rainwear...
Whistleblower Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations against settling party Speen & Company, Inc. (“Speen”) were resolved on April 25, 2013, when the parties entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement. Held alleged that Speen sold footwear containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
In the enforcement action Englander v. Ames True Temper, Inc., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on April 26, 2013, which shall be reviewed by the Santa Clara County Superior Court. The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Ames True Temper, Inc. (“Ames”) sold tools with grips containing the phthalate...
On March 2, 2009, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Althon Micro, Inc.; Sapphire Technology Limited, resolving citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendants Althon Micro, Inc. and Sapphire Technology Limited ("Althon and Sapphire") sold motherboards with solder containing the heavy metal lead in the...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Rapid Care, Inc. (“Rapid Care”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 28, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Rapid Care sold adhesive bandages containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the...
The parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on March 25, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D.’s allegations that the settling party Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC (“Kimpton”) sold flame-cooked ground beef containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, including benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]...
Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer had his allegations against the defendant John D. Brush & Co., Inc. dba the Sentry Group (“Sentry”) resolved when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on March 27, 2013. In the case Brimer v. John D. Brush & Co., Inc., Brimer alleged that Sentry sold portable safes with vinyl/PVC cables containing the phthalate...
Whistleblower Peter Englander resolved his allegations against the defendant FPC Corporation (“FPC”) in the enforcement action Englander v. FPC Corporation, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment on March 25, 2013. Englander alleged that FPC sold hand tools containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) last month introduced a bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) to include a ban on certain flame retardant chemicals from use in children’s furniture products. The bill is H.R. 2934, also known as the “Decrease Unsafe Toxins Act.”
Flame retardants have been associated with cancer, endocrine...
