CONSUMER NEWS
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Mobil Settles Hefty Issue: It agreed to pay California and five other states $150,000 to settle charges that it made misleading claims to consumers about the degradability of the company’s Hefty trash bags. The settlement ended nearly a year of legal wrangling. The nation’s second-largest oil company did not admit its claims were misleading, but agreed to halt the assertions that its plastic bags disintegrate when exposed to the elements.
