Special Master will oversee all negotiations between the parties in an attempt to reach Philips CPAP settlements that may resolve thousands of claims being pursued throughout the federal court system.
Group of ten lawyers will take certain actions on behalf of all plaintiffs pursuing a SoClean lawsuit in the federal court system, during coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.
The makers of SoClean failed to warn users of the CPAP machine sanitizing device about the potential health risks of ozone exposure, according to the class action lawsuit
Plaintiffs say the manufacturer hid SoClean CPAP cleaning machines' defective ozone emissions by calling it "activated oxygen."
The FDA criticized Philips CPAP recall notices after numerous consumer complaints indicating they had received few, if any, details about the risks associated with the machines.
Liberty Mutual claims SoClean knew about the ozone problems before it sought coverage from the insurance company.
Lawsuit alleges SoClean releases high levels of ozone gas, which is toxic to humans and animals. However, the CPAP sanitizers were marketed as using harmless "activated oxygen".
Lawsuits over SoClean machines alleging that dangerous levels of ozone are used to sanitize CPAP machines will be handled by same judge coordinating pretrial proceedings for thousands of Philips CPAP machine lawsuits
Parties agree the cases should be centralized before one judge, but disagree on which court should preside over the SoClean CPAP Lawsuit pretrial proceedings.
Lawsuit seeks damages for individuals exposed to higher levels of toxic chemicals from the combination of Philips CPAP and SoClean ozone cleaners.
