Englander v. The Boelter Companies, Inc.

On March 15, 2017, citizen enforcer Peter Englander and settling party The Boelter Companies, Inc. (“Boelter”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Englander had alleged that Boelter sold vinyl/PVC coolies 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, Boelter agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC coolies in California after April 18, 2016, unless the coolies contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in each component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $29,500, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Englander and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.