On August 3, 2016, citizen enforcer John Moore, and settling party Downeast Concepts, Inc. (“Downeast”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Moore had alleged that Downeast sold vinyl/PVC memo pad covers and luggage tags with vinyl/PVC components containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Downeast Concepts, 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 December 27, 2005. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
