Complaints

February 14, 2018
TCG client Peter Englander has filed a lawsuit in Marin County Superior Court against The Home Depot, Inc., alleging that Home Depot manufactured, distributed, and sold vinyl/PVC toilet seats to consumers in California without warning them that the toilet seats exposed them to the phthalate chemical DEHP. DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and...
June 28, 2017
John Moore has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Bass Pro, LLC, alleging that Bass Pro failed to warn California consumers that their cooking utensil grips and vinyl/PVC tubing contained the phthalate chemical DEHP.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires that...
September 14, 2016
John Moore has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against U.S. Jaclean, alleging that the company sold exercise balls that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65 requires that companies offering...
January 3, 2017
Laurence Vinocur has filed a complaint in Alameda County Superior Court against Honeywell International alleging that the company sold gloves with vinyl/PVC components that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65...
January 13, 2017
Peter Englander has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Lyman Products Corporation alleging that the company sold brass hammer pins that contained the heavy metal lead without the requisite health hazard warning.  Lead is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and/or other reproductive harm, and Proposition 65...
December 20, 2016
Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Northern Brewer, LLC, alleging that the company sold vinyl/PVC hoses and tools with vinyl/PVC grips that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and/or other reproductive harm, and...
August 2, 2016
Citizen enforcer Anthony E. Held has filed a complaint in Marin County Superior Court against Korres USA Ltd., LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton, and Sephora, alleging that the defendants violated Proposition 65 by not providing health hazard warnings to consumers that a certain product contained benzophenone.  Benzophenone is a chemical known to the State of California...
July 15, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint in Santa Clara County Superior Court against A&D Engineering, Inc. alleging Proposition 65 violations.  Leeman alleges that A&D sold stethoscopes with vinyl/PVC tubing that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP without the requisite health hazard warning.  DEHP is known to the State of California to cause birth...
July 6, 2016
Dr. Whitney R. Leeman has filed a complaint against Perseus Books, alleging that the company violated Proposition 65 by selling mugs with exterior decorations that contained the heavy metal lead without a health hazard warning.  Proposition 65 requires that companies offering products for sale in California that contain chemicals known to the State to cause cancer, birth...
June 17, 2016
Russell Brimer has filed a complaint in San Francisco County Superior Court against Spectrum Brands, alleging violations of Proposition 65.  Brimer alleges that Spectrum sold lanterns with vinyl/PVC handles that contained the phthalate chemical DEHP, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm.  Under Proposition 65...