Moore v. R. Greenspan International Inc.

On November 27, 2017, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party R. Greenspan International Inc. (“R. Greenspan”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Moore had alleged that R. Greenspan sold vinyl/PVC bin handles 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, R. Greenspan agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC bin handles in California after December 28, 2017, unless the bin handles contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $20,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.