Moore v. Exclusive Imports, Inc.

In the enforcement action Moore v. Exclusive Imports, Inc., the parties executed a Consent Judgment on January 10, 2013, which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations that the defendant Exclusive Imports, Inc. (“Exclusive Imports”) sold ID cases 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, Exclusive Imports agreed not to sell any ID cases in California after January 10, 2013, unless the ID cases contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have the appropriate Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Should Exclusive Imports comply with these heightened standards by May 15, 2013, and continuing into the future, Moore agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $26,000, 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.