DiPirro v. Coleman Machine, Inc., et al.

The Superior Court of California County of Alameda entered a Consent Judgment on November 27, 2000 in DiPirro v. Coleman Machine, Inc., et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Coleman sold ballast and other lead balancing products that contain the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Coleman agreed that beginning November 15, 2000 it will not knowingly ship (or cause to be shipped) any products containing lead for sale in the State of California unless such products carry the appropriate Proposition 65 warnings in compliance with Section 1.1 of the Agreement.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $12,504.50, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower DiPirro and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.