Brimer v. Eton Corportion

The parties involved in the case Brimer v. Eton Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on February 3, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer alleged that Eton Corporation (“Eton”) sold earphone cords containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  

As part of the agreement, Eton agreed not to sell any earphone cords in California after the San Francisco County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the cords contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $32,900, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Brimer and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.