DiPirro v. Hunter's Specialties, et al.

On April 26, 2000, a Consent Judgment which resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Hunter's sold lead decoy weights in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings, was filed with, and subsequently approved by, the Superior Court of California County of Alameda in DiPirro v. Hunter's Specialties, Inc., et al.

As part of the settlement, Hunter's agreed that it will not knowingly ship (or cause to be shipped) any products containing lead for sale in California unless such products carry the appropriate Proposition 65 warnings in compliance with Section 2.2 of the Agreement.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $26,800, 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.