Vinocur Negotiates Settlement with Wells Lamont Re: Gloves

Our client Laurence Vinocur has successfully negotiated a settlement with Wells Lamont regarding alleged violations of Proposition 65.  Proposition 65 requires companies offering products for sale in California to provide consumers with a health hazard warning if the product contains a chemical known to the State to cause cancer and/or reproductive harm.  Vinocur alleged that Wells did not provide such warnings with their gloves that allegedly contained the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm.

In addition to paying civil penalties, Wells agreed to reformulate their gloves be virtually free of DEHP.  Should Wells accelerate this reformulation and provide certification to Vinocur that all gloves qualify as reformulated by May 1, 2015, Vinocur has agreed to waive a substantial portion of the civil penalty.

For more details of the case and to read the settlement, please see the case summary on our website: Vinocur v. Wells Lamont LLC

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.