Brimer v. Yeti Coolers, LLC

On March 9, 2017, citizen enforcer Russell Brimer and settling party Yeti Coolers, LLC (“YETI”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Brimer had alleged that YETI sold vinyl/PVC security cables 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 settlement, YETI agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC security cables in California after February 28, 2017, unless the cables contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $29,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Brimer and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.