Wozniak v. Intruder, Inc. et al.

On May 7, 2019, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak and settling parties Intruder, Inc. (“Intruder”)and Rice Lake Weighing Systems, Inc. (“Rice Lake”) (collectively, “Companies”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Wozniak had alleged that the Companies sold gloves 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, the Companies agreed not to sell any gloves in California after May 17, 2019, unless the products contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided. 

 

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $27,800, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Wozniak and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.