Vinocur v. Dat’l Do-It, Inc.

Posted: 11/30/2017  browse the case archive

On November 30, 2017, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling party Dat’l Do-It, Inc. (“Dat’l Do-It”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Vinocur had alleged that Dat’l Do-It sold boxes and other packaging containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Dat’l Do-It agreed not to sell any boxes and other packaging with straps in California after March 1, 2018, unless the straps contain less than 90 parts per million of lead when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $21,450, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Vinocur and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.  

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