Leeman v. Catamount Glassware, et al.

On January 12, 2004, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., and settling defendant Catamount Glassware entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Leeman's allegations that Catamount sold certain glassware with colored artwork, designs, or markings containing lead (or lead compounds) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Catamount agreed it would not knowingly sell any such products containing lead or lead compounds in the State of California unless the products have Proposition 65 warnings provided or are reformulated in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Settlement Agreement.

The Settlement Agreement required settlement payments of $25,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which were paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Leeman and her counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.