Moore v. Foremost Groups, Incorporated

On May 20, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Foremost Groups, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant Foremost Groups, Incorporated ("Foremost") sold storage 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, Foremost agreed not to sell any storage furniture in California after March 1, 2011, unless the storage furniture contains less than .1% (1,000 parts per million) of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. Due to Foremost's commitment to comply by these heightened standards, Moore agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $38,500, 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.