On July 1, 2014, the parties executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement, which resolved the allegations that whistleblower Whitney R. Leeman, Ph.D., made against settling party Fastenal Company (“Fastenal”). In this matter, Leeman alleged that Fastenal sold tape measures with vinyl/PVC grips, tools with vinyl/PVC grips, tool bags with vinyl/PVC handles,...
Whistleblower Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E. and settling party Sazerac Company, Inc. (“Sazerac”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 25, 2014, which resolved Held’s allegations that Sazerac sold drinking glasses containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of...
Kotobuki Trading Company, Inc. elected to address its Proposition 65 liability by opting into the terms of the Consent Judgment entered by the San Francisco Superior Court in the matter of Russell Brimer v. The Boelter Companies, et al. on April 12, 2006. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals...
In a December 18, 2001 stipulated judgment, Proposition 65 private enforcer and whistleblower, Michael DiPirro, and retail seller, The Bombay Company, Inc., agreed to terms resolving DiPirro's allegation that Bombay sold terrarium products containing lead without providing the health hazard warning required by Proposition 65. Lead is listed pursuant to Proposition 65 as a...
Citizen enforcer Mark Moorberg and settling party FNA Group, Inc. (“FNA”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 24, 2014, which resolved Moorberg’s allegations that FNA sold hoses with metal fittings containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the settlement...
Citizen enforcer Paul Wozniak and settling party JBC Safety Plastic, Inc. (“JBC”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on June 23, 2014, which resolved Wozniak’s allegations that JBC sold traffic cones containing the heavy metal lead in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.
As part of the settlement, JBC...
