{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001822479-25-000036","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SHC","cik":"0001822479","company_name":"Sotera Health Co","filed_at":"2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:45.143801+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-18T02:31:24.756558+00:00","sec_items":["7.01"],"event_type":"litigation","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.8,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.8,"confidence":"high","headline":"Sotera Health subsidiary Sterigenics settles 129 EO claims for $34M","bullets":["Sterigenics enters binding term sheet to resolve 129 ethylene oxide (EO) claims for $34,000,000.","Settlement includes 10 claims set for trial in Oct 2025 and Mar 2026; process expected 60–90 days.","Settlement conditioned on 100% claimant participation, stays of trials, and court good-faith determination; Sterigenics can waive participation requirement.","Sterigenics denies any liability; term sheet explicitly states no admission of hazard from Willowbrook facility.","The settlement dismisses claims with prejudice and covers 56 pending lawsuits and 63 unfiled claims."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822479-25-000036","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822479-25-000036.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822479-25-000036.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001822479-25-000036.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247925000036/0001822479-25-000036-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247925000036/shc-20250723.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-18T02:31:24.756558+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}