Defendant's Attorney: East St. Louis, Illinois insurance defense lawyers represented the Defendant.

Description: East St. Louis, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory individually and as parent and next friend to Chase Dean.

Jamines Watson sued on a product liablity theory claiming that Mead Johnson failure to warn of the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by Enfamil baby formula.

The is the first trial out of hundreds of lawsuits claiming that various Enfamil and Abbott Laboratories’ Similac formulas caused NEC.

Plaintiff claimed that Mead Johnson has known for years that cow's-milk based baby fomula causes NEC in preterm infants.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $60 million

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