Englander v. Winston Products LLC

Posted: 05/20/2013  browse the case archive

In the enforcement action Englander v. Winston Products LLC, the parties executed a Consent Judgment on May 20, 2013.  The case resolved citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations that the defendant Winston Products LLC (“Winston”) sold towing straps, ropes, and tiedowns, containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. 

As part of the settlement, Winston agreed not to sell any towing straps, ropes, or tiedowns in California after May 31, 2013, unless the products contain no more than 100 parts per million of lead in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Additionally, Winston agreed to provide the reformulation standards to its vendors by June 30, 2013, and instruct them to provide products that comply expeditiously.  Should Winston provide written certification that all covered products are reformulated by December 15, 2013, Englander agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied. 

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $66,850, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Englander and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.

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