EDWARDSVILLE — A mother is suing Abbott and Mead Johnson for allegedly failing to warn of the dangers of cow's milk-based infant formulas and the risk of a potentially deadly and life-altering gastrointestinal disease to premature infants.
Laura Stinson, on behalf of herself and her minor child A.P., filed a complaint Sept. 2 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mead Johnson & Company LLC, Mead Johnson Nutrition Company and Abbott Laboratories, alleging negligence and other claims.
According to the complaint, A.P. was born prematurely on July 13, 2011, at 23 weeks gestation. Stinson claims A.P. was given Similac and/or Enfamil cow's milk-based formulas shortly after his birth and throughout his hospital stay. The plaintiff further claims that shortly after first being fed the defendants' formulas, A.P. developed NEC, required surgery to remove a portion of his intestines and continues to suffer from long term health effects.
Stinson alleges the defendants' false and misleading marketing of their products to parents of premature infants and health care professionals led to her child's development of NEC and even infant deaths. The plaintiff claims Abbott and Mead Johnson also failed to have adequate warnings regarding the increased risk of NEC for premature infants who are fed their products.
The plaintiffs seek monetary relief, trial by jury and all other just relief. They are represented by Tor Hoerman, Kenneth Brennan and Tyler Schneider of TorHoerman Law PC in Edwardsville.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 21-L-001064