Appeals court dumps $60M baby formula NEC verdict vs Mead Johnson

Appeals court dumps $60M baby formula NEC verdict vs Mead Johnson

Saying a St. Clair County judge applied an improper legal standard and allowed trial lawyers to bias a jury, an Illinois appeals court has tossed out a $60 million verdict

The Courtroom Battle Over Baby Formula Isn’t About Science

A jury in a Cook County, Illinois, court awarded families $70 million in April after concluding that infant formula caused a devastating illness in premature babies. However, that conclusion hinged on a scientific theory that lacks validated evidence. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its recent study of chemical contamination in infant formula produced by Abbott Laboratories found the products to be safe, juries are still awardin…

Illinois Court Orders New Trial In $60M Enfamil Case

An Illinois appeals court on Friday hit the reset button on a high-profile wrongful-death case over preterm infant formula, tossing a $60 million jury verdict that had gone to the mother of a baby who died of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). The ruling sends the case back for a new trial and undercuts what had been an early, big-ticket victory for plaintiffs, stirring fresh uncertainty around hundreds of similar lawsuits across the country. The …

EnfaCare Preterm Infant NEC Lawsuit Alleges Formula Caused Life-Threatening Diagnosis

Lawsuit claims Mead Johnson ignored decades of research linking Enfamil cow’s milk-based formula to NEC in premature babies. A Missouri mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that Enamil’s EnfaCare infant formula caused her daughter to develop a potentially life-threatening intestinal condition while still in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The co…