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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000010795-23-000127"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDX"
cik: "0000010795"
company_name: "BECTON DICKINSON & CO"
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T08:46:03.159354+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BD files settlement docs for $85M class action over infusion pump statements

## Summary
- Settlement of $85M to resolve class action claims against BD and officers; no admission of liability.
- Court approval sought; settlement does not resolve pending derivative actions (meritorious defenses asserted).
- Amount adequately reserved and deemed not material to BD's consolidated financial results or cash flow.
- Lawsuit originally filed Feb 2020 in U.S. District Court for District of New Jersey.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000010795-23-000127
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDX
- cik: 0000010795
- company_name: BECTON DICKINSON & CO
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079523000127/0000010795-23-000127-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10795/000001079523000127/bdx-20231221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-23-000127
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-23-000127.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000010795-23-000127.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.