{"id":2644,"date":"2023-02-09T06:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T06:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2023-08-25T22:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:13:12","slug":"baby-formula-contributing-to-nec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/baby-formula-contributing-to-nec\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Formula Contributing to NEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New lawsuits are being filed in regards to baby formula from brands like Enfamil and Similac causing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies. The cow\u2019s milk and human milk fortifiers in the blends of formula are said to put babies at an elevated risk to develop this gastrointestinal problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Symptoms of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/10026-necrotizing-enterocolitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland Clinic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, NEC usually develops approximately two weeks after birth in premature babies only, \u201cthe condition inflames intestinal tissue, causing it to die. A hole may form in your baby's intestine. Bacteria can leak into the abdomen or bloodstream through the hole.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are four types of necrotizing enterocolitis that can affect premature babies, including: classic, transfusion-associated, atypical, and term infant. In suits filed in this case, classic necrotizing enterocolitis would be the correct condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symptoms of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdominal pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdominal swelling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changes in heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, and temperature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diarrhea with bloody stool<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lethargy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green or yellow vomit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refusing to eat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lack of weight gain\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEC is generally a common gastrointestinal illness that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/10026-necrotizing-enterocolitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can affect 1 in 1,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> premature babies. If not treated soon enough or properly, NEC can cause multiple different intestinal infections and disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lawsuits Filed Against Baby Formula Companies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two manufacturers of baby formula causing NEC are Similac and Enfamil. There is also an outlying case against Abbott for their now recalled formula. The lawsuits are a complaint against the two companies for not supplying a warning in regards to the potential the formulas have to form NEC in premature babies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following products from Similac and Enfamil that have been identified in the current 97 lawsuits include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Special Care<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Human Milk Fortifier<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac NeoSure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Alimentum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Alimentum Expert Care<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Human Milk Fortifier Concentrated Liquid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Human Milk Fortifier Powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Liquid Protein Fortifier<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Special Care 20<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Special Care 24<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Special Care 24 High Protein<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Human Milk Fortifier Acidified Liquid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Human Milk Fortifier Powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Special Care 30<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similac Human Milk Fortifier Hydrolyzed Protein- Concentrated Liquid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfacare Powder<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Human Milk Fortifier Liquid High Protein<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Milk Fortifier Liquid Standard Protein<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil NeuroPro Enfacare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Premature 20 Cal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Premature 24 Cal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Premature 24 Cal\/fl oz HP<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil Premature 30 Cal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enfamil 24 and DHA &amp; ARA Supplement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been noted that none of the above products included a warning on their label to advise parents of premature babies the risk involved in providing their child the formula.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Legal Rights of Those Affected By Formula Causing NEC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you or a loved one with a premature baby is affected by NEC due to the above baby formulas, you may be able to receive compensation for damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to see if your case qualifies for a lawsuit, there are key points to keep in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your baby was born prematurely<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your baby was fed Similac or Enfamil products while in the hospital<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your baby received a diagnosis of NEC and the above symptoms following intake of the baby formula products listed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your case is one that can be pursued, compensation can be won for damages like: cost of current, future, or past medical care, pain and suffering, lost income or earning diminished capacity due to childcare, injuries or disability caused to infants, and potentially wrongful death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retaining a law firm to assist with filing and following through with a lawsuit can be extremely beneficial to you and your case. Finding a law firm that has experience with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mass tort actions, class action lawsuits, or other complicated litigation can also be beneficial to the outcome of your case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New lawsuits are being filed in regards to baby formula from brands like Enfamil and Similac causing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies. The cow\u2019s milk and human milk fortifiers in the blends of formula are said to put babies at an elevated risk to develop this gastrointestinal problem.\u00a0 Symptoms of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) According&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/baby-formula-contributing-to-nec\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[198,202],"tags":[290,291,244],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2644"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7496,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2644\/revisions\/7496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsuitlegit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}