First Bellwether Trial Today Against Reckitt Benckiser’s Mead Johnson in NEC Baby Formula MDL Led by Levin Papantonio
In Pensacola, Florida, a Reckitt Benckiser company, Mead Johnson, is undergoing the initial bellwether trial in a multidistrict litigation (MDL) at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case, Inman v. Mead Johnson & Company, LLC, et al., involves their infant formula Enfamil allegedly associated with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in a premature baby. This is the first lawsuit against Mead Johnson in the MDL to advance to trial. NEC is a serious intestinal condition that may …
