Moore v. CM International, Inc.; CMC Worldwide, Inc.

Posted: 01/30/2013  browse the case archive

The Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. CM International, Inc.; CMC Worldwide, Inc., on January 30, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant CMC Worldwide, Inc. ("CMC") sold children's furniture 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, CMC agreed not to sell any furniture in California after January 30, 2013, unless the furniture contains no more than 1,000 parts per million (0.1%) of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.  Should CMC comply with these heightened standards by October 1, 2012, Moore agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $60,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.

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