Leeman Negotiates Settlement with Champion Power Equipment

Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has negotiated a successful settlement with Champion Power Equipment, Inc. in regards to alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Leeman had alleged that Champion sold automotive booster cables and generator covers that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warnings.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or reproductive harm, and companies offering products for sale that contain DEHP must provide consumers with a Proposition 65 warning of the risks of exposure.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Champion has agreed to sell only automotive booster cables that have been reformulated to be virtually free of DEHP, while generator covers shall be sold with a Proposition 65 warning.  

For more details of the settlement and to read the agreement itself, please see the case summary on our website: Leeman v. Champion Power Equipment, Inc.

The Chanler Group represents citizen enforcers who, acting in the public interest, commence actions against businesses offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm without first providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Citizen enforcers bringing Proposition 65 actions in the public interest may obtain a Court Judgment imposing civil penalties, an injunction requiring reformulation of products, and/or provision of health hazard warnings. The Chanler Group has represented citizen enforcers of Proposition 65 for more than twenty years.