60 Day Notice 2012-00847

Withdraw Notice Add a Complaint Add a Settlement Add a Judgment

AG Number: 
2012-00847
Notice PDF: 
PDF icon 2012-00847.pdf
Date Filed: 
12/21/2012
Noticing Party: 
Consumer Advocacy Group
Alleged Violators: 
Ross Stores Inc.
Ross Dress For Less, Inc.
dd's DISCOUNTS
Chemicals: 
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
Source: 
Handbag

60-Day Notice Document

Civil Complaint
AG Number:
2012-00847
Complaint PDF: 
PDF icon 2012-00847C3056.pdf
Date Filed:
11/27/2013
Case Name: 
CAG v. Ross Stores, Inc. dba DD's Discounts
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-13-535763
Plaintiff: 
Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc.
Defendant: 
Ross Stores, Inc. dba DD's Discounts
Ross Dress for Less, Inc.
Type of Claim: 
Failure to Warn
Relief Sought: 
Warning
Civil Penalty
Costs of suit; Reasonable Attorney Fee and Costs; Any further relief that the court may deem just and equitable.
Contact Name: 
Reuben Yeroushalmi
Contact Organization: 
Yeroushalmi & Associates
Email Address:
admin@yeroushalmi.com
Address: 
9100 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 240W
City, State, Zip:
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone Number:
310-623-1926
Settlement
AG Number:
2012-00847
Settlement PDF: 
PDF icon 2012-00847S3680.pdf
Settlement Date:
09/29/2014
Case Name: 
CAG v. Ross Stores Inc. dba DD's Discounts
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-13-535763
Plaintiff: 
Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc.
Defendant: 
Ross Stores Inc dba DD's Discounts
Ross Dress For Less
Injunctive Relief: 
Reformulation of DEHP to less than 0.1%; Reformulation of Lead to 1000ppm
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 1,500.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 54,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 500.00  (CAG will use this payment for investigation of the public's exposure to proposition 65 listed chemicals through various means, laboratory fees for testing for proposition 65 listed chemicals, 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 retained experts who assist with the extensive scientific analysis necessary for those files in litigation, in order 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 reforumlate their products or the source of exposure to completely eliminate or lower the level of proposition 65 listed chemicals, thereby addressing the same public harm as allegedly in the instant Action. Further, should the court require it, CAG will submit under seal, an accounting of these funds as described above as to how the funds were used.)
Total Payments:
$ 56,000.00
Will settlement be submitted to court?
Yes
Contact Name: 
Reuben Yeroushalmi
Contact Organization: 
Yeroushalmi & Yeroushalmi
Email Address:
admin@yeroushalmi.com
Address: 
9100 Wilshire Blvd Suite 240W
City, State, Zip:
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone Number:
(310) 623-1926
Judgment
AG Number:
2012-00847
Judgment PDF: 
PDF icon 2012-00847J2753.pdf
Judgment Date:
08/07/2015
Settlement reported to AG: 
Mon, 09/29/2014
Case Name: 
CAG V. ROSS STORES, INC. DBA DD'S DISCOUNTS ET AL.
Court Name: 
San Francisco Superior Court
Court Docket Number: 
CGC-13-535763
Plaintiff: 
Consumer Advocacy Group, Inc.
Defendant: 
Ross Stores, Inc. dba DD's DISCOUNTS et al.
Injunctive Relief: 
Reformulation of DEHP to less than 0.1%; Reformulation of Lead to 1000ppm
*Non-Contingent Civil Penalty:
$ 1,500.00
Attorney(s) Fees and Costs:
$ 54,000.00
Payment in Lieu of Penalty:
$ 500.00  (CAG will use this payment for investigation of the public's exposure to proposition 65 listed chemicals through various means, laboratory fees for testing for proposition 65 listed chemicals, 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 retained experts who assist with the extensive scientific analysis necessary for those files in litigation, in order 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 reforumlate their products or the source of exposure to completely eliminate or lower the level of proposition 65 listed chemicals, thereby addressing the same public harm as allegedly in the instant Action. Further, should the court require it, CAG will submit under seal, an accounting of these funds as described above as to how the funds were used)
Total Payments:
$ 56,000.00
Is Judgment Pursuant to Settlement?
Yes
Contact Name: 
REUBEN YEROUSHALMI
Contact Organization: 
YEROUSHALMI & YEROUSHALMI
Email Address:
ADMIN@YEROUSHALMI.COM
Address: 
9100 WILSHIRE BLVD. SUITE 240W
City, State, Zip:
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
Phone Number:
(310) 623-1926

* A non-contingent civil penalty is the civil penalty that must be paid pursuant to the settlement, regardless of future events or actions of the defendant. If a settlement includes a contingent penalty, the plaintiff should report the additional penalty amount when it becomes due.