Judge throws out case against Abbott Laboratories over its preterm baby formula, days before trial was set to begin in Chicago

Judge throws out case against Abbott Laboratories over its preterm baby formula, days before trial was set to begin in Chicago

In a win for Abbott Laboratories, a federal judge in Chicago sided with the company Friday in the case of a woman who alleged that Abbott’s formula for preterm infants led to her daughter’s death. The case had been scheduled to go to trial this week, and was supposed to be the first to be heard in federal court in Chicago over the issue of whether Abbott’s specialized cow’s milk-based formula for preterm babies causes a life-threatening intestin…

Abbott Beats Bellwether Formula MDL Trial in Federal Court Ruling - USA Herald

Abbott Laboratories has successfully won a key victory in a bellwether case within multidistrict litigation (MDL) concerning the company’s Similac baby formula. A federal judge in Illinois ruled in favor of Abbott, determining that the company is not liable for the tragic death of a premature infant who consumed its formula. U.S. District Judge Rebecca

Expert Witnesses Linking Baby Formula and NEC Cleared for Trial, Despite Dismissal of First Bellwether Lawsuit

MDL judge will allow critical experts to testify during upcoming baby formula bellwether trials, but dismissed the first lawsuit set to go before a jury this week, based on case-specific facts. The U.S. District Judge presiding over all federal baby formula necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) lawsuits has rejected a motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ expert witnes…