Ikea has agreed to pay $US46 million ($67 million) to the parents of a two-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a clothes dresser tipped onto him, according to the family's lawyers.

Key points: The family accused Ikea of failing to warn consumers the dressers needed to be anchored

The family accused Ikea of failing to warn consumers the dressers needed to be anchored Ikea US recalled the dressers in 2016

Ikea US recalled the dressers in 2016 Other children in the US have died due to the same dresser falling on them

Jozef Dudek, from Buena Park in the US state of California, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish home furnishings company in a Philadelphia court in 2018.

In the lawsuit, the Dudek family accused Ikea of knowing that its 32-kilogram Malm dressers posed a tip-over hazard and had previously injured or killed a number of children, but failed to warn consumers the dressers shouldn't be used without being anchored to a wall.

According to the US Ikea website, 29 million of the Malm dressers and other models of chests were recalled in 2016 after six deaths over a 13-year period.

"Consumers should immediately stop using any recalled chest and dresser that is not properly anchored to the wall and place it into an area that children cannot access," the recall summary said.

The Malm dressers are currently still being sold in Australia.

Other children killed in tip-overs

US toddlers Camden Ellis, Curren Collas and Theodore "Ted" McGee were all killed by Ikea MALM dressers. ( Supplied )

The settlement also requires Ikea to meet with the advocacy organisation, Parents Against Tip-overs, and broaden its outreach to consumers about the recall of Ikea dressers, the family's lawyers said.

The Dudek family said they would donate $US1 million ($1.4 million) from the settlement to organisations that advocate for more rigorous stability testing for dressers.

The recall notice said the dressers are "unstable if they are not properly anchored". ( Supplied )

In a statement, Ikea said it offered its deepest condolences and was working to address "this very important home safety issue," including by offering consumer education and safety workshops and working to make safer products.

"While no settlement can alter the tragic events that brought us here, for the sake of the family and all involved, we're grateful that this litigation has reached a resolution," the statement said

In 2016, Ikea agreed to pay a $US50 million ($69 million) settlement divided between three families because three toddlers had died when Malm dressers tipped onto them.

None of the chests involved in the fatalities had been anchored to the wall.

The settlement was divided between the families of Washington State toddler Camden Ellis, two-year-old Curran Collas from West Chester in Pennsylvania, and 23-month-old Theodore "Ted" McGee from Apple Valley in Minnesota.

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