Judgment Date:
01/08/2013
Settlement reported to AG:
Case Name:
Environmenal Research Center v. Aloe Life International, Inc
Court Name:
Alameda County Superior Court
Plaintiff:
Environmental Research Center, Inc.
Defendant:
Aloe Life International, Inc.
Injunctive Relief:
Aloe Life shall be permanently enjoined from manufacturing for sale in California, distributing into California, or directly selling to a consumer in California any Covered Product for which the maximum daily dose recommended on the label contains more than 0.5 microgram of lead, unless such Covered Product complies with the warning requirement. Aloe shall test at least three randombly selected samples of each Covered Product for a minimum of three years.
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 2,040.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 19,340.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 6,120.00 ($6,120 in lieu of further civil penalties for investigating, researching and testing consumer products; awarding grants to California non-profit foundations/entities dedicated to public health; funding the ERC Eco Scholarship Fund for high school students in California; funding ERC's Voluntary Compliance Program to work with companies not subject to Proposition 65 to reformulate their products; funding ERC's RxY Program to assis various medical personnel to provide testing to independent distributors of consumer products; funding ERC's Got Lead? Program to assist consumers in testing products for lead; post-settlement monitoring of past consent judgments; and the continued enforcement of Proposition 65. )
Total Payments:
$ 27,500.00
Is Judgment Pursuant to Settlement?
Contact Organization:
Law Office of Michael Freund
Address:
1919 Addison Street, Suite 105
City, State, Zip:
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone Number:
(510) 540-1992
Fax Number:
(510) 540-5543