Brimer v. Raley's, Inc., et al.

Citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations against Raley's, Inc. ("Raley's") were resolved on December 21, 2007, when the Yolo County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. Raley's, Inc., et al. In this matter, Brimer alleged that Raley's sold shot glasses, mugs, and other glassware with colored artwork or designs containing lead on the exterior in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Raley's agreed not to sell any glassware in California after August 6, 2007, unless the glassware has Proposition 65 warnings provided or contains no more than 0.06 percent of lead by weight when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $14,000, to be 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.