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

  May 5, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge is allowing two plaintiffs expert witnesses to testify in early test trials that cow's milk-based formula can increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis.

• Medical Device Manufacturers Often Fail To Submit Timely Adverse Event Reports to FDA: Study

  March 19, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study indicate that medical device manufacturers turn in a third of all adverse patient event reports later than legally required.

• New Trial Ordered for Premature Infant Formula Lawsuit Over NEC Injuries, After Defense Verdict Overturned

  March 18, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Missouri state court judge has overturned a defense verdict obtained in an infant formula lawsuit over NEC injuries, after finding that attorneys for Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson engaged in misconduct and misled jurors.

• Infant Formula Lawsuit Links Similac and Similac Special Care to Newborn’s NEC Injuries

  January 27, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Abbott Laboratories faces a product liability lawsuit from a mother who says their Similac Special Care formula caused her newborn child's intestines to rupture due to the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

• NEC Injury Lawyers Reappointed to Leadership Roles in Baby Formula MDL as Bellwether Trials Loom

  January 17, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has reappointed a group of attorneys to plaintiff leadership positions in infant formula NEC litigation, just as the first cases are being prepared for trial.

• PediaSure, Similac Class Action Lawsuit Claims Abbott Lied About Infant Formula Nutritional Value

  January 2, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A class action lawsuit claims Abbott has deceived parents about the nutritional value of some Similac and PediaSure products aimed at children over 12 months old.

• Enfamil Side Effects Lawsuit Filed Over Infant’s Necrotizing Enterocolitis Injuries

  November 21, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A North Carolina mother has filed a lawsuit against the makers of Enfamil, claiming that the infant formula caused her premature newborn daughter to develop necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

• Defense Verdict Returned in NEC Lawsuit Against Abbott, Mead Johnson in Missouri State Court

  November 1, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The third infant formula NEC lawsuit trial has ended in a defense verdict, after a Missouri jury determined the manufacturers of Similac and Enfamil infant formula products were not responsible for a child's necrotizing enterocolitis injuries.

• Similac, Enfamil NEC Side Effects Led to Newborn Undergoing Bowel Resection: Lawsuit

  October 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A mother says her newborn infant had to undergo multiple surgeries, resulting in lifelong injuries, due to the side effects of Similac and Enfamil, which the lawsuit says led to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

• Similac NEC Lawsuit Filed Over Preterm Infant’s Sepsis and Gastrointestinal Injuries

  October 14, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed by a Michigan mother indicates that her preterm son developed NEC, sepsis and life-long injuries after being fed Similac infant formula products in NICU.