Moore v. Three Hands Corporation

Posted: 12/12/2011  browse the case archive

On December 12, 2011, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Three Hands Corporation, which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore's allegations that the defendant Three Hands Corporation ("Three Hands") sold storage furniture containing the phthalate chemicals di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP), butyl benzyl phthalate ("BBP"), di-n-butyl phthalate ("DBP"), and the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Three Hands agreed not to sell any storage furniture, totes, or trays in California after September 30, 2011, unless each accessible component of the products complies with reformulation standards when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or has Proposition 65 warnings provided. Due to Three Hands' commitment to eliminate the need for Proposition 65 warnings in the future, Moore agreed to credit a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $58,500, 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.

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