Consumer Advocacy Group Inc. v. Naylon Products and Transportation Inc., Larsen Supply Co., Do It Best Corp., and Does 1 through 20
Published: Mar. 19, 2016 | Result Date: Dec. 8, 2015 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: CGC-12-519146 Settlement – $65,000
Court
San Francisco Superior
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Reuben Yeroushalmi
(Yeroushalmi & Yeroushalmi)
Benyahou Yeroushalmi
(Yeroushalmi & Yeroushalmi)
Defendant
Albert S. Israel
(Law Offices of Albert S. Israel)
Facts
Consumer Advocacy Group Inc. filed a lawsuit against Naylon Products and Transportation Inc., Larsen Supply Co., and Do It Best Corp., involving warnings required under Prop. 65.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendants allegedly sold or otherwise offered for sale pipe hooks containing DEHP, a chemical known in the state to cause cancer and cause developmental male reproductive toxicity without the requisite Prop. 65 warning labels.
DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS:
Defendants denied the allegations and asserted various affirmative defenses.
Result
Larsen and Consumer Advocacy Group entered into a consent judgment under which, Larsen agreed to sell only reformulated products and pay $65,000 in civil penalties.
Other Information
FILING DATE: March 14, 2012.
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