Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro and Paragon Household Products, Inc. entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement on May 22, 2000, which resolved DiPirro's allegations that Paragon sold mothballs, moth flakes and toilet bowl deodorizers containing the toxin paradichlorobenzene in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
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The Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. General Electric Company, et al. on November 7, 2003. This enforcement action resolved the allegations of citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro that defendant General Electric Company sold certain light bulbs with one or more solder points on the base that contain lead in the State of California without...
The Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Feit Electric Company, et al. on December 10, 2003. The settlement resolved the allegations of citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro that defendant Feit Electric Company sold certain light bulbs, with one or more solder points on the base, that contain lead in the State of California without providing the...
The Alameda County Superior Court of California entered and approved a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Coleman Cable Systems, Inc., et al. The settlement agreement resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that defendant Coleman sold light bulbs, with one or more solder points on the base, that contain lead (or lead compounds) in the State of California...
On December 15, 2010, citizen enforcer John Moore and settling defendant Browntrout Publishers, Inc. ("Browntrout") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved Moore's allegations that Browntrout sold books with covers containing excessive amounts of the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of...
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. MMF Industries, et al. and DiPirro v. Office Depot, Inc. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on January 29, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendants MMF Industries, Block and Company, Inc., Office Depot, Inc. (collectively referred to as "...
The San Francisco Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in the case of Leeman v. Big Lots Stores, Inc., et al., on December 15, 2005, which resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman's allegations that defendants Big Lots Stores, Inc. and PNS Stores, Inc. (collectively "Defendants") distributed and/or sold certain glass and metal terrariums or greenhouses...
On September 21, 2005, Whitney Leeman, Big Lots Stores, Inc. and PNS Stores, Inc. reached a settlement agreement that resolved citizen enforcer Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D.'s allegations that the defendants sold glass and metal terrariums/greenhouses containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
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On March 5, 2010, the San Francisco County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Big Lots, Inc. and Big Lots Stores, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant Big Lots Stores, Inc. ("Big Lots") sold vinyl smocks, vinyl bathroom toys, sporting toys, and other children's items containing...
On August 27, 2010, the Sacramento County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Held v. Beverly Fabrics, Inc., which resolved citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.'s allegations that the defendant, Beverly Fabrics, Inc. ("Beverly Fabrics"), sold plastic vinyl containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the...
