Settlement Date:
02/28/2025
Case Name:
CHEMICAL TOXIN WORKING GROUP INC. v. RAPPAHANNOCK
Court Name:
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Plaintiff:
Chemical Toxin Working Group Inc. dba Healthy Living Foundation
Defendant:
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER OYSTERS, LLC
Rapp Bar DTLA LLC
Injunctive Relief:
Any Covered Products that a Defendant distributes into the State of California
after the Compliance Date, shall either (1) comply with the warning requirements of
Section 3.2 or (2) meet the reformation requirements under Section 3.3.
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 40,700.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 118,800.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 30,500.00 (Plaintiff will use thispayment as follows: Eighty percent (80%) for fees of investigation, purchasing and
testing for Proposition 65 listed chemicals in various products, and for expert fees for
evaluating exposures through various mediums, including but not limited to consumer
product, occupational, and environmental exposures to Proposition 65 listed chemicals,
and the cost of hiring consulting and retaining experts who assist with the extensive
scientific analysis necessary for those files in litigation and to offset the costs of future
litigation enforcing Proposition 65 but excluding attorney fees; for publishing periodicals
and other medias regarding public awareness about the issue of environmental pollution
and presence of Proposition 65 chemicals in the environment and consumer products;
donations and supplies, including but not limited to, water filters and air filters for public
schools and communities, to regions impoverished by industrial pollution. And twenty
percent (20%) for administrative costs incurred during investigation and litigation to
reduce the public’s exposure to Proposition 65 listed chemicals by notifying those
persons and/or entities believed to be responsible for such exposures and attempting to
persuade those persons and/or entities to reformulate their products or the source of
exposure to completely eliminate or lower the level of Proposition 65 listed chemicals
including but not limited to costs of documentation and tracking of products)
Total Payments:
$ 190,000.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
City, State, Zip:
NEW YORK, NY 100011278
Phone Number:
(646) 766-5999
