Vinocur v. Motorsport Aftermarket Group, Inc.

On February 15, 2017, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling party Motorsport Aftermarket Group, Inc. (“Motorsport Aftermarket”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement.  Vinocur had alleged that Motorsport Aftermarket sold gloves 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 settlement, Motorsport Aftermarket agreed not to sell any gloves with vinyl/PVC components in California after February 17, 2017, unless the gloves contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies.

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $27,875, 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.