Lawsuits threaten infant formula for preemies. Story by Tina Reed • 4d. The fragility of the infant formula market is being tested again — this time by legal fights over safety labeling.

Over 1,000 lawsuits have been filed against the nation’s leading baby formula manufacturers, alleging a link between cow milk-based formula and fortifiers for premature infants and an often ...

The Abbott Nutrition baby formula plant in Sturgis, Mich., which manufactures about a quarter of the nation’s formula supplies on May 20, 2022. (Sarah Rice/The New York Times) ...

In a verdict handed down Friday, a St. Louis jury ruled that the baby formula manufacturer Abbott Laboratories Inc. must pay $495 million to the family of a premature baby who developed a deadly ...

NEWS. Abbott, Mead Johnson Win Defense Verdict Over Preemie Infant Formula. In closing arguments on Wednesday, plaintiff's lawyer Timothy Cronin asked jurors for $6 billion in punitive damages.

A jury found that Abbott Laboratories’ specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $495 mill… ...

Parents have filed lawsuits in federal court in Chicago, the Circuit Court of Cook County and others across the country, alleging Abbott Laboratories’ formula for premature infants made babies sick.

Gill's child, Robynn Davis, who developed NEC after being given Abbott premature infant formula while in a neonatal intensive care unit in 2021, survived, but suffered irreversible neurological ...