Leeman v. CW International Sales LLC, et al.

The parties involved in the case Leeman v. CW International Sales LLC, et al. executed a Consent Judgment on September 12, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that CW International Sales LLC and Crystalware Int’l LLC (collectively, “CW International”) sold vinyl/PVC gloves 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 agreement, CW International agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC gloves in California after the San Francisco County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the gloves contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $34,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are 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.