Appeals Court Reverses $60M Infant Formula Verdict: Duty to Warn Owed to Doctors, Not Mother

The 2024 verdict against Mead Johnson in St. Clair County Circuit Court was the first in the nation finding cow’s milk-based infant formula given to premature babies caused a gastroinestinal illness called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.

       

The 2024 verdict against Mead Johnson in St. Clair County Circuit Court was the first in the nation finding cow’s milk-based infant formula given to premature babies caused a gastroinestinal illness called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.