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Philips Paying $1.1B to Resolve Lawsuits Over Breathing Machines That Expel Debris

Medical device maker Philips said it will pay $1.1 billion to settle hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines, which have been subject to a massive global recall. The Dutch manufacturer did not …

CPAP Maker Agrees to Pay $479 Million to Settle Recall Claims

Koninklijke Philips NA has agreed to pay at least $479 million to resolve part of a sprawling litigation tied to a 2021 US recall of millions of machines designed to treat sleep apnea, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs. Amsterdam-based …

CPAP Machine Recall Caused by Flawed Design, Not Cleaning Products, Suit Claims

Koninklijke Philips NV, a maker of breathing machines used for treating sleep apnea, was accused in a lawsuit of improperly blaming its recall of about 3.5 million devices on unapproved cleaning products rather than the company’s own design flaws. SoClean …