Leeman v. The Pomeroy Collection, Inc, et al.

The Alameda County Superior Court of California entered a Consent Judgment on January 26, 2005 in Leeman v. The Pomeroy Collection, Inc., et al., which resolved citizen enforcer Dr. Whitney R. Leeman's allegations that defendant TPC sold Tiffany-style votive holders and other glass and metal (containing lead) votive holders in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, TPC agreed not to sell any such products in California after September 10, 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 1.0(c) of the Consent Judgment.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $51,500, 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 his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.