DiPirro v. Poolmaster Inc., et al.

Posted: 12/18/2001  browse the case archive

The parties involved in the case DiPirro v. Poolmaster Inc., et al., executed a Consent Judgment on December 18, 2001, which resolved citizen enforcer DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Poolmaster sold certain vinyl repair kits containing toluene in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  The Consent Judgment was later approved by the Alameda County Superior Court.

Pursuant to the Consent Judgment, Poolmaster agreed to immediately reformulate the products it sells in California to remove toluene. Poolmaster further agreed, if it were to recommence sales of the products containing toluene in the future in California, it would provide the clear and reasonable warning specified in the agreement with the products.

The Consent Judgment required payments of $24,000, 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.

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