Vinocur v. Wells Lamont LLC

The parties involved in the case Vinocur v. Marmon Holdings, Inc. et al. executed a Consent Judgment on April 22, 2015.  In this matter, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur alleged that Wells Lamont LLC (“Wells”) 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 agreement, Wells agreed not to sell any gloves with vinyl/PVC components in California after the Alameda County Superior Court approves the Judgment, unless the gloves 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 Wells provide written certification that all gloves with vinyl/PVC components sold in California qualify as reformulated by May 1, 2015, Vinocur agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied.

The Consent Judgment required settlement payments of $92,000, 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.