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The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has ordered all federally filed Abbott infant formula lawsuits to be centralized in the Northern District of Illinois for pre-trial proceedings. This is the same court where the panel, on April 8, 2022, centralized baby formula necrotizing…
A group of plaintiffs recently filed a motion with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally filed Tylenol autism/ADHD lawsuits into one court for pre-trial proceedings. This, after nearly 20 parents filed claims against makers of Tylenol and other brands…
On June 16, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) issued a notice of hearing session. The hearing will take place on July 28, 2022. The panel will hear arguments concerning various potential litigations that day, including arguments for and against the potential…
A new study published in the JAMA Network Open reports that gestational age can greatly affect outcomes related to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a dangerous gastrointestinal infection. Other research has connected the use of cow’s milk formula in premature infants with a greater risk of NEC.…
A California mom recently filed a new baby food lawsuit against Nurture, Inc. and Gerber Products Company on behalf of her son. She claims that the manufacturers knowingly sold baby food that contained dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals like mercury, lead, and arsenic, which…
Following a months-long shortage of infant formula caused in part by the shut-down of the Abbott Laboratories facility in Sturgis, Michigan, Abbott has now resumed operations at that facility. The hope is that this move will soon result in the shelves being restocked with the…
Back in 2019, New York legislators passed the Child Victims Act. It gave victims of child sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil lawsuits seeking compensation for the abuse they suffered, regardless of when the abuse took place. The deadline was later extended by…
At least 32 babies have died while resting in the Fisher-Price Rock ’n Play sleepers. A Consumer Reports investigation into the sleeper back in 2019 revealed that the sleeper did not align with medical recommendations that babies be placed flat on their backs to sleep.…
When you purchase products for your children, you expect that they will be safe. This isn’t always the case, though. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an estimated 224,200 toy-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2019, and of these,…
Following a report on toxins in baby food released by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, a New York woman has filed a new class-action baby food lawsuit against Beech-Nut Nutrition Company, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Nurture Inc., Gerber…
