Moore v. Standard Motor Products, Inc.

On February 23, 2017, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling party Standard Motor Products, Inc. (“Standard”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Moore had alleged that Standard sold vinyl/PVC electrical tape and vinyl/PVC tool grips 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, Standard agreed not to sell any vinyl/PVC electrical tape or vinyl/PVC tool grips in California after February 23, 2017, unless the products contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $25,000, 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.