Vinocur v. KidCo, Inc.

Posted: 11/06/2014  browse the case archive

Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant KidCo, Inc. (“KidCo”) were resolved on November 6, 2014, when the parties executed an out-of-court settlement.  In this matter, Vinocur alleged that KidCo sold children’s travel beds with fabric containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, KidCo agreed not to sell any children’s travel beds in California after November 15, 2014, unless the beds contain no detectable amount of TDCPP and tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate (“TDBPP”) when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies. Additionally, KidCo agreed to provide its vendors with the reformulation standards, instruct them to provide furniture that complies expeditiously, and obtain certification by February 15, 2015 that their children’s travel beds are in compliance.  Furniture currently existing in KidCo’s inventory must be sold with Proposition 65 warnings provided. 

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $31,000, 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.

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