The Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in DiPirro v. Nitto Kohki U.S.A., Inc., et al. on April 30, 2001. This enforcement action resolved the allegations of citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro that defendant, Nitto Kohki U.S.A., Inc., sold various power tools and hand tools whose customary use and application may produce dust which contains lead, crystalline...
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Northern Tool & Equipment Co., et al. matter, heard in the Alameda County Superior Court, was entered on May 7, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Northern Tool & Equipment Co. sold power tools containing lead (or lead compounds), crystalline silica, arsenic and/...
A Consent Judgment in the DiPirro v. Joyce Chen, Inc., et al. matter, heard in the San Francisco County Superior Court, was entered on August 18, 2003. The Consent Judgment resolved citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro's allegations that the defendant Joyce Chen, Inc. sold brass strainers and skimmers containing lead (or lead compounds) in the State of California without...
On September 20, 2011, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Brimer v. True Value Company and Chardon Corp., which resolved citizen enforcer Russell Brimer's allegations that the defendants True Value Company and Chardon Corp. ("True Value and Chardon") sold Proman Tool Flashlights containing the heavy metal lead in the State of...
Whistleblower Peter Englander and settling defendant Penn-Plax, Inc. ("Penn-Plax") entered into an out-of-court Settlement Agreement on December 10, 2012, which resolved Englander's allegations that Penn-Plax sold hand tool grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate ("DEHP") in the State of California without providing the...
On November 16, 2012, the Alameda County Superior Court entered a Consent Judgment in Moore v. Star Asia, U.S.A., LLC; et al., which resolved citizen enforcer John Moore’s allegations that the defendant Star Asia, U.S.A., LLC (“Star Asia”) sold tools with grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
