Leeman v. Pier 1 Imports, Inc., et al.

On April 20, 2005, the Superior Court of California for the City and County of San Francisco entered a Consent Judgment in Leeman v. Pier 1 Imports, Inc., et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Dr. Whitney R. Leeman's allegations that the defendant Pier 1 sold tumblers, stemware and other glassware with colored artwork or designs (containing lead) on the exterior in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Pier 1 agreed not to sell any such products in California after October 31, 2004, unless such products have Proposition 65 warnings provided or are exempt from the health hazard warnings due to reformulation in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 2.4 of the Consent Judgment.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $126,000, 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.