RECENT STATE DECISIONS

March 2009

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California Court of Appeal Overrules Industry Challenge to Inclusion of Phthalate on Proposition 65 List of Chemicals Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity
Exxon Mobile Corporation v. California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, et al., ___Cal. App.4th___

Recently, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District affirmed the trial court’s denial of Plaintiff Exxon Mobile Corporation’s petition for writ of mandate challenging the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s listing of di-isodecyl phthalate as a chemical known to cause reproductive health under Proposition 65.