Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Marco Group, Inc. (Marco) were resolved on November 4, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Marco sold padded upholstered furniture including office/stacking chairs with foam padding containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)...
Citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Legacy Classic Furniture, Inc. (“Legacy”) were resolved on October 26, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Legacy sold padded upholstered kid and teen chairs and other furniture with foam padding containing the flame retardant tris(1,3...
Citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Jofran Sales, Inc. (“Jofran”) were resolved on October 14, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Jofran sold padded upholstered chairs with foam padding containing the flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP...
Citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Minson Corporation (“Minson”) were resolved on October 16, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Minson sold padded upholstered furniture including chairs with foam padding containing the flame retardants tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling party Winners Only, Inc. (“Winners”) entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on August 7, 2013, which resolved Englander’s allegations that Winners sold chairs with vinyl/PVC seats containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing...
Citizen enforcer Peter Englander’s allegations against defendant Theodore Alexander USA, Inc. (“Theodore Alexander”) were resolved on October 14, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Englander alleged that Theodore Alexander sold padded upholstered furniture including chairs with foam padding containing the flame retardant...
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Ergonom Corporation dba ERG International (Ergonom”) were resolved on October 11, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Ergonom sold padded upholstered chairs and other furniture with foam padding containing the flame retardant tris(1,3-...
Citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur’s allegations against defendant Stakmore Company, Inc. (“Stakmore”) were resolved on October 3, 2013, when the parties executed a Consent Judgment. In this matter, Vinocur alleged that Stakmore sold chairs with foam padding containing tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (“TDCPP”) in the State of California...
The Honorable Roy O. Chernus of the Marin County Superior Court granted the parties’ motion to approve the Consent Judgment in the case Held et al. v. Alticor, Inc., et al., on March 7, 2012. This enforcement action resolved citizen enforcers John Moore and Anthony E. Held, Ph.D., P.E.’s allegations that eighteen defendants sold products containing phthalate...
