Moorberg v. Cortland Line Manufacturing LLC

On June 13, 2016, citizen enforcer Mark Moorberg and settling party Cortland Line Manufacturing LLC (“Cortland”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Moorberg had alleged that Cortland sold vinyl/PVC nets and vinyl/PVC pouches 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 settlement, Cortland agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC nets and vinyl/PVC pouches in California after July 15, 2016, unless the tools contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $24,250, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Moorberg and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.