On February 28, 2019, citizen enforcer Laurence Vinocur and settling party Lifetime Brands, Inc. (“Lifetime”) entered into an out-of-court settlement agreement. Vinocur had alleged that Lifetime sold vinyl/PVC plant ties containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health...
The parties involved in the case Englander v. Lifetime Brands, Inc. executed a Consent Judgment on December 17, 2015. In this matter, citizen enforcer Peter Englander alleged that Lifetime Brands, Inc. (“Lifetime”) sold products with vinyl/PVC components containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of...
Lifetime Brands, 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 19, 2005. In doing so, it became a member of a class of settling defendants who agreed to virtually eliminate the heavy metals lead...
