Evenflo Class Action Lawsuit
Evenflo Big Kid booster seat settlement: $3.5 million resolved claims that the seats were marketed as safe at 30 pounds and side impact tested. Evenflo denies wrongdoing.
What happens next with the Evenflo settlement
The claim deadline passed on November 24, 2025. New claims for this settlement are no longer being accepted.
Payments come after approval, and after any appeals. Anyone who objected to the settlement can ask a higher court to look at it again — an appeal — and that has to finish first. Eligible payments are sent once approval is final, and the stretch from a claim deadline to money in hand often runs a year or more. It varies from one settlement to the next.
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Evenflo Class Action Lawsuit
Parents sued Evenflo Company, Inc. in 2020, saying it misled them about the safety of its Big Kid booster seats; the cases were combined in the District of Massachusetts before Judge Denise Casper (MDL No. 20-md-2938-DJC). Evenflo denies that its labeling and advertising were misleading and denies any wrongdoing, and the court did not decide who was right. Plaintiffs including Mona-Alicia Sanchez and Heather Hampton were represented by attorneys Steve W. Berman (Hagens Berman), Mark P. Chalos (Lieff Cabraser), and Martha Geer (Milberg).
The Evenflo Big Kid Booster Seat lawsuit alleges the company marketed the seats as “side impact tested” and safe at just 30 lbs, though no federal side-impact standard applied to booster seats. The legal claims include fraudulent concealment, unjust enrichment, negligent misrepresentation, and violations of state consumer protection laws.
Evenflo Class Action Settlement - $3,050,000
If you’re searching for the Evenflo Big Kid Booster Seat settlement update, here’s what you need to know. The case, In re Evenflo Co., Inc., Marketing, Sales Practices, and Product Liability Litigation (MDL No. 20-md-2938-DJC, D. Mass., Judge Denise Casper), reached a $3.5 million settlement. Plaintiffs alleged that Evenflo misled parents by marketing its Big Kid booster seats as safe for children weighing just 30 pounds and “side impact tested,” despite no federal side-impact standards at the time. Evenflo denies any wrongdoing.
The Evenflo Big Kid Booster Seat lawsuit settlement amount covers all consumers in the U.S. (including DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) who purchased a Big Kid booster seat between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2022. Eligible class members could receive a cash share of the fund plus a $25 Evenflo credit per seat (up to two seats). The claim deadline was November 24, 2025. New claims can no longer be filed.
As part of the settlement, Evenflo also agreed to adjust its marketing, publish safety notices about weight recommendations, and release an educational video on when to transition to booster seats.
Claims closed: November 24, 2025
Big Kid Booster Seat Class Action Payout: $25 Credit per Seat, Plus a Cash Share
The Evenflo settlement offered eligible claimants a $25 credit toward Evenflo products on evenflo.com for each Big Kid booster seat, up to two seats, plus a cash payment. Each class member could make one claim, for up to two seats. Only one credit can be used per purchase, the credits can’t be combined with other offers, and each expires one year after final judgment.
No receipt was required. Instead, claimants could submit details such as the retailer, purchase date, and seat color—or a photo of the booster or packaging with the city, state, and year of purchase. Purchases date back as far as 2008. The settlement administrator (Epiq) must use fraud-detection processes, and if several class members in one household together claim more than five seats, those claims get extra scrutiny.
The cash comes from the $3.5 million fund after attorneys’ fees, service awards, and administration costs. The net amount is divided equally by the total number of seats validly claimed, so each seat’s cash share could be more or less than $25 depending on how many valid claims were filed. Payments are made to eligible claimants after final approval and any appeals.
Big Kid Booster Seat Class Action Eligibility
Wondering about Evenflo Big Kid Booster Seat class action eligibility? The settlement applies to anyone who purchased a Big Kid booster seat in the U.S. (including DC and territories) between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2022.
The claim form asked whether the claim was for one seat or two, and then for one of three kinds of support for each seat: a receipt, invoice, credit card statement, or retail rewards record; the retailer, city, state, purchase date, and color of the seat; or a photo of the seat or its packaging taken in or around your home or vehicle, with the city, state, and year of purchase. People who received a postcard or email notice with a unique ID could skip that section.
Each class member could make one claim, for up to two seats, and signed it under penalty of perjury.
FAQ
Anyone in the U.S. (including territories) who purchased a Big Kid booster seat between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2022, was eligible. Each class member could claim up to two seats.
Claimants could submit the retailer, city, state, purchase date, and seat color, or a photo of the booster seat or packaging with the city, state, and year of purchase. Either option took the place of a receipt.
Each class member could make one claim, for up to two seats. If several class members in the same household together claimed more than five seats, the administrator gave those claims extra fraud scrutiny.
Cash payments to eligible claimants are sent digitally (Amazon eGift card, Venmo, Zelle, or virtual Mastercard) or by check, along with a $25 Evenflo credit for each seat claimed, up to two.
Payments are made to eligible claimants within 30 days after the settlement’s effective date, which comes after final approval is granted and any appeals are finished.
According to the notice the settlement requires, NHTSA has never had a side-impact testing standard for booster seats, so Evenflo’s “side impact tested” claims referred only to a test standard Evenflo developed itself.
After a failed mediation in April 2023, the parties exchanged discovery, including more than 450,000 pages of documents from Evenflo, and mediated again in October 2024. They reached an agreement in principle on December 5, 2024.
Each seat’s cash share is larger, because the net fund is divided equally among all validly claimed seats. If more people file, each seat’s share is smaller. The $25 credit per seat does not change.
The administrator must use fraud-detection processes for all claims, and claims from several class members in one household that together cover more than five seats get extra scrutiny. Every claim is signed under penalty of perjury.
Evenflo must post notices on the minimum weight for safe use of the Big Kid seat and on its side-impact testing, match its weight recommendations to federal rules, label its own test standards as its own, and post an educational video on moving to a booster seat.
Sources
These are the court's own records for this case. They are hosted here unchanged, so you can check anything on this page against the documents themselves.
- Evenflo Big Kid Booster Seat Second Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint (PDF) Complaint · Filed January 4, 2024 · U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts · Case MDL No. 20-md-2938-DJC
The full case file is on the court docket: view the docket.