Moore v. General Parts International, Inc.

Citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant General Parts International, Inc. and its subsidiary CPI Global Sourcing, Inc. (collectively “General Parts”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on October 8, 2013, which resolved Moore’s allegations that General Parts sold stools with vinyl coverings on the seats 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, General Parts agreed not to sell the stools identified in the Settlement Agreement in California after October 3, 2013, unless the stools contain no more than 1,000 parts per million (0.1%) of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Should General Parts eliminate the need for Proposition 65 warnings by November 1, 2013, Moore agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $30,500, 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.