Philips CPAP lawsuit update: October 2026

Where the CPAP case stands

Philips recalled CPAP and BiPAP machines, and users sued. Their federal cases went to MDL 3014 in the Western District of Pennsylvania, before Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti. In total, 1,033 cases were filed there. On October 1, 2026, 623 were still pending.

The case resolved through three separate settlements. Each covered a different kind of claim.

Settlement	What it covers	Amount	Status
Economic loss	Financial losses tied to the recalled devices	Philips set aside EUR 575 million; Seeger Weiss puts the minimum value at $479 million	Final approval April 25, 2024 (per Seeger Weiss); claims period closed Aug. 9, 2024
Personal injury	Injury claims from users	$1.075 billion	Final Jan. 31, 2025; paid in the first half of 2025
Medical monitoring	Medical monitoring for device users	Capped at $25 million	Final January 2025

Settlement figures are totals for all claimants, not amounts paid to any one person. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

The three settlements

Economic loss. The parties reached this class settlement on September 7, 2023. Philips recorded a provision of EUR 575 million for it. Seeger Weiss, one of the co-lead firms, says the court granted final approval on April 25, 2024. The firm describes the deal as worth more than $500 million, with no cap. That description comes from the firm’s own page. The claims period closed on August 9, 2024. Philips says the administrator is still processing claims and paying eligible class members.

Personal injury. This deal was not a class settlement. Each injured person had to register. Of the $1.075 billion total, $25 million went to notice and administration. The other $1.050 billion funded a Personal Injury Settlement Fund. The deal needed at least 95% of eligible claimants to register. Registrations passed that mark, and the deal became final at the January 31, 2025 deadline. Philips paid in the first half of 2025.

Medical monitoring. This class settlement is capped at $25 million. It became final in January 2025.

Who is still in the case

The 623 pending cases include people who declined the settlement and people found ineligible for it. Philips says these plaintiffs must identify themselves and meet court-ordered discovery duties. One duty is early disclosure of causation evidence. In plain terms, they must show early on that the device caused their injury.

The court has enforced those duties:

• April 2, 2026. The court ordered 48 “Litigating Plaintiffs” who were ineligible for the settlement to fix problems under its Docket Management Order by April 23, 2026, or face dismissal.
• June 26, 2026. The court dismissed the claims of the listed plaintiffs who did not comply. The dismissal was with prejudice, so those claims cannot be refiled.

An April 2026 scheduling order reportedly sets deadlines on general causation and on whether the court has jurisdiction over Koninklijke Philips N.V., the parent company. We saw this only in a search summary and have not read the order. We will confirm it before relying on it.

No trial date appears in the records we reviewed.

What it means if you never filed

Each settlement had its own deadline. Here is where each path stands.

Your situation	What it means now
You had a financial loss from a recalled device	The economic-loss claims period closed August 9, 2024.
You had an injury and wanted to join the injury settlement	Registration closed January 31, 2025, and the fund has paid out.
You were a class member in the economic-loss or monitoring class	Under federal class action rules, a damages class judgment binds members who got notice and did not opt out. Ask a lawyer whether that applies to you.

A new injury claim would sit outside the settlements. It would face the same discovery rules the court is now enforcing, including early proof of causation. The court has already dismissed plaintiffs who missed those deadlines.

Time limits also matter. Personal injury deadlines differ by state. California and Texas allow 2 years. New York allows 3 years, and in some exposure cases the clock starts when the injury is discovered. Tennessee allows 1 year. Talk to a lawyer about your state’s deadline before deciding anything.

Philips and the FDA

Philips Respironics operates under a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice and the FDA. Under it, the company will not sell new CPAP or BiPAP devices in the U.S. until it meets the decree’s requirements. Philips reports that more than 99% of registered recalled devices had been remediated worldwide as of December 2025.

Plaintiffs’ leadership in MDL 3014

A March 24, 2022 court order named four plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel: Christopher Seeger, Sandra Duggan, Kelly K. Iverson and Steven A. Schwartz. The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee includes lawyers from Levin Papantonio, Morgan & Morgan and Lieff Cabraser. Johnson Becker serves as Vice Chair of the Settlement Committee.

Timeline

Date	Event
March 24, 2022	Court appoints plaintiffs’ leadership
September 7, 2023	Economic-loss class settlement reached
April 25, 2024	Economic-loss settlement receives final approval (per Seeger Weiss)
August 9, 2024	Economic-loss claims period closes
January 2025	Medical monitoring settlement becomes final
January 31, 2025	Personal-injury settlement becomes final at the registration deadline
First half of 2025	Philips pays the personal-injury settlement
April 2, 2026	Court orders 48 ineligible plaintiffs to cure deficiencies
June 26, 2026	Non-compliant plaintiffs dismissed with prejudice
October 1, 2026	JPML counts 623 pending cases

For other device cases, see our October 2026 update on all device lawsuits.