The Dutch-owned conglomerate Koninklijke Philips is already fighting personal injury lawsuits and potential class actions alleging its breathing machines used for sleep apnea cause health problems—from infection to cancer. Now the company is facing a lawsuit from another business seeking in excess of $200 million in damages.
SoClean Inc. today filed a federal lawsuit this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Philips, maker of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) devices. The complaint accused Philips of shifting blame for its own design defects onto the company that makes a product that can clean the equipment enough to mitigate the damage.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
