Leeman v. Lisle Corporation

The parties involved in the case Leeman v. Lisle Corporation executed a Consent Judgment on April 22, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D. alleged that Lisle Corporation (“Lisle”) sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.  

As part of the agreement, Lisle agreed not to sell any tools with vinyl/PVC grips in California after the Santa Clara County Superior Court enters the Judgment, unless the tags contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DINP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $38,750, 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.