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\"baby-218149_640-e1712684043871\"Thousands of parents have sued both Mead Johnson and Abbott for defects in their formula. In a recent landmark jury verdict, Mead Johnson, the baby formula manufacturer who makes Enfamil, including Enfamil Premature Nutrition Products, was recently found liable<\/a> for placing premature infants at greater risk for deadly diseases. Along with Abbott, it had denied that the Enfamil products caused NEC or the risk of it in premature infants and denied that there is a link between NEC and cow\u2019s milk formula. \u00a0The jury in this case awarded the plaintiff mother $60 million\u2014$35 million more than what was requested. If your baby was harmed by Mead Johnson formula, call the seasoned Chicago-based product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group.<\/p>\n

Consult Moll Law Group About Your Baby Formula Lawsuit<\/strong><\/p>\n

The litigation was pursued partly to alter the way preemies in the NICU are fed. The formula believed to cause NEC that was the subject of the trial was made using cow\u2019s milk. In court filings responding to the lawsuits, Mead Johnson has written: \u201cMead Johnson denies that Enfamil products cause NEC or increase risks of NEC in infants.\u201d The jury found that the manufacturer had not done enough to provide warnings to parents of increased odds of these infants suffering a deadly disease because they were given Mead Johnson\u2019s formula Necrotizing Enterocolitis or NEC.<\/p>\n

The case against Mead Johnson was brought by a mother who\u2019d lost one of her twin preemies; it was made part of a multidistrict litigation. Over 330 lawsuits were filed around the country regarding the formula at issue. The trial started on February 20 and lasted four weeks. At closing arguments, the mother\u2019s attorney called upon jurors to make the right decision after hearing from a dozen expert neonatologists, all of whom agreed that while the research about the formula was inclusive, using the formula increased the risk of NEC. It was also argued on closing that the company doesn\u2019t warn pediatricians and parents about how serious the dangers are on its packaging or its marketing to doctors.<\/p>\n

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Thousands of parents have sued both Mead Johnson and Abbott for defects in their formula. In a recent landmark jury verdict, Mead Johnson, the baby formula manufacturer who makes Enfamil, including Enfamil Premature Nutrition Products, was recently found liable for placing premature infants at greater risk for deadly diseases. Along with Abbott, it had denied […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-safety"],"yoast_head":"\nManufacturer of Baby Formula Ordered to Pay $60 Million — Illinois Injury and Mass Tort Lawyer Blog — May 14, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thousands of parents have sued both Mead Johnson and Abbott for defects in their formula. 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