PHILIPS RECALLED CPAP, BI-LEVEL PAP, AND MECHANICAL VENTILATOR PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

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2:21-mc-01230

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Pennsylvania Western

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Joy Flowers Conti

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May 13, 2024
Philips Wants Cleaner Co. To Chip In For $1B CPAP Deal

Koninklijke Philips NV has filed a third-party complaint in Pennsylvania federal court against SoClean Inc., which sells cleaning products for breathing devices, claiming SoClean and its parent should contribute to Philips' $1 billion settlement because its cleaners allegedly exacerbated the foam breakdown at the heart of the litigation.
April 29, 2024
Philips Inks $1.1B Deal To Resolve CPAP Injury Claims

The plaintiffs' attorneys leading a multidistrict litigation against Koninklijke Philips NV and some of its American subsidiaries announced Monday that they had reached a $1.1 billion settlement agreement for plaintiffs claiming that degraded foam in their breathing machines caused them personal injuries or will require long-term medical monitoring.
April 25, 2024
Philips Gets $506M Economic Loss Deal OK'd In CPAP MDL

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $506.3 million settlement to end economic loss claims in multidistrict litigation over Philips' recalled CPAP breathing machines, including $94.4 million for the plaintiffs' attorneys.
March 22, 2024
Final OK Sought For Economic Loss Deal In CPAP Recall MDL

Users of Philips' recalled CPAP breathing machines have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to give her final OK to their $467.5 million settlement with the company to cover economic loss claims, arguing only a few objections to the deal remain.
February 15, 2024
Med Monitoring Claims In Philips MDL Sent Back For Review

The judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over Koninklijke Philips NV's recalled breathing machines has declined a special master's recommendation to trim claims seeking medical monitoring for some users, instead sending the case back for a deeper look at which states would allow such claims or whether they required proof of physical injury.
January 09, 2024
Attys Seek $95M Fees For Philips CPAP Economic Loss Deal

Attorneys representing customers who bought Philips breathing machines with defective insulating foam asked a Pennsylvania federal court for $95 million in fees and costs Tuesday, arguing it was a reasonable amount compared to the minimum of $495 million that Koninklijke Philips NV agreed to pay to settle economic loss claims.
September 07, 2023
Philips Inks $479M Economic Losses Deal In CPAP Recall MDL

Koninklijke Philips NV announced Thursday that it had inked a settlement worth at least $479 million for plaintiffs claiming economic damages from the recall of Philips' breathing machines in a multidistrict litigation, though the final settlement amount will depend on how many people make claims.
July 11, 2023
Philips Says CPAP MDL Shows No Exposure To Foam Toxins

In its efforts to cut claims demanding medical monitoring for users of breathing machines recalled over the breakdown of insulating foam, Philips RS North America argued to a federal court Tuesday that the complaint in the multidistrict litigation failed to show that plaintiffs were actually exposed to toxins from the foam or suffered injuries that required special, long-term monitoring.
July 10, 2023
Philips Cites Federal Preemption To Sink CPAP MDL Claims

Attorneys for Philips argued to a Pennsylvania federal court Monday that many of the claims asserted in the "master complaint" for a multidistrict litigation over its recall of defective breathing machines are preempted by federal law, while other claims are subsumed by state consumer protection laws or couldn't be independent claims in states that don't recognize them.
December 09, 2022
Philips Wants Latest CPAP Foam MDL Complaint Tossed

Philips RS North America LLC is asking a Pennsylvania federal court to throw out the latest complaint in multidistrict litigation alleging the company sold faulty ventilators, saying the bulk of the claims are preempted by federal law and that others fail to establish the alleged "conspiracy" to hide the supposed defect.

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