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Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay approximately $670 million to resolve claims involving about 2,000 infants in ongoing litigation over allegations that its cow’s milk-based formula products for premature babies can increase the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. The agreement includes a Missouri case that resulted in a $495 million jury verdict against Abbott, […]

The first federal bellwether trial over allegations that cow’s-milk-based baby formula can cause necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants begins Monday in Chicago, marking a pivotal moment in litigation involving hundreds of families across the country. The case, Inman v. Mead Johnson & Co., is the first lawsuit in the federal NEC baby formula multidistrict […]

Holding Formula Manufacturers Accountable A Cook County, Illinois jury has awarded $53 million dollars in damages to four families who alleged that Abbott Laboratories’ preterm infant formula contributed to their babies developing necrotizing enterocolitis or NEC, a life-threatening gastrointestinal condition that primarily affects premature infants. The verdict marks the first NEC baby formula case to […]