Moore v. North Walk, Ltd.

Citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations against the defendant North Walk, Ltd. (“North Walk”) were resolved on October 3, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment.  In this enforcement action, Moore alleged that North Walk sold footwear containing the phthalate chemical di-n-butyl phthalate (“DBP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. 

As part of the settlement, North Walk agreed not to sell any footwear in California after October 10, 2013, unless the footwear contains no more than 1,000 parts per million of DBP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.  Should North Walk provide written certification that it has recalled the Maui Girl flip flops from all Big Five Sporting Goods Stores Corporation stores in California by October 10, 2013, Moore agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine.  Additionally, Moore agreed to waive another portion of the civil fine if North Walk should provide written certification that all footwear sold in California after October 10, 2013, and continuing into the future, qualifies as reformulated.   

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $85,000, 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.