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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• Lawyers Propose MDL Trial Dates for Baby Formula NEC Lawsuit Starting in May 2025

  October 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A series of four bellwether claims in the baby formula NEC lawsuit MDL will be ready to go before a federal juries in May 2025, August 2025, November 2025 and February 2026 according to a proposed trial schedule agreed upon by both plaintiffs and defendants.

• Jury Trial Over NEC Risk From Cow’s Milk Infant Formula Gets Underway in Missouri State Court

  October 1, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A trial in Missouri state court has begun over claims that NEC risks caused by Similac and Enfamil infant formula led to a newborn's intestines being partially removed to save his life.

• MDL Judge Sets Order of Baby Formula NEC Lawsuits for First Four Bellwether Trials

  September 25, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has established the order in which a series of four baby formula NEC lawsuits will go before juries in the federal court system, involving allegations that the makers of Similac and Enfamil failed to warn families about the risk preterm infants may develop the deadly disease.

• Jury Awards $495M NEC Similac Lawsuit Payout Over Infant Formula Risks for Preemies

  July 29, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Abbott has been ordered to pay nearly $500 million as the result of a NEC Similac lawsuit filed by a mother whose child suffered brain damage after being fed the infant formula shortly after birth.