Brimer v. Logo Chair, Incorporated et al.

On July 22, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Logo Chair Incorporated, et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendant Logo Chair, Incorporated ("Logo Chair") sold folding chairs containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, for a brief period, Logo Chair agreed to place Proposition 65 warnings on the chairs it did not reformulate.  After April 30, 2011,  each accessible component of the chairs was required to contain less than 1.0 microgram of lead when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.  Brimer agreed to credit Logo Chair with a portion of the civil penalties as a result of Logo Chair's compliance with these heightened standards.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $175,000, 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.