Wozniak v Lixit Corporation

On August 14, 2019, citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak and settling party Lixit Corporation (“Lixit”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Wozniak had alleged that Lixit sold vinyl tool grips containing the phthalate chemical diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings. 

 

As part of the settlement, Lixit agreed not to sell any vinyl tool grips in California after August 12, 2019, unless the products contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DINP when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies OR have Proposition 65 warnings provided.

 

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $14,600, 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.