Vinocur v. FLIR Systems, Inc.

The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. FLIR Systems, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on December 1, 2016.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that FLIR Systems, Inc. (“FLIR”) sold multimeters with vinyl/PVC components 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 agreement, FLIR agreed not to sell any multimeters with vinyl/PVC components in California after the San Mateo County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the multimeters contain no more than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.  Should FLIR provide Vinocur with certification that all multimeters with vinyl/PVC components qualify as reformulatd according to the above standards by April 1, 2017, Vinocur has agreed to waive a portion of the civil penalty.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of up to $50,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower Vinocur and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.