A class action lawsuit has been filed against Abbott Laboratories Inc. (Delaware) and Abbott Laboratories, the makers of Similac baby formula, following the recall in September for possible contamination by beetles.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs, John L and Jennifer M O'Neil, gave their two-month old baby Similac Isomil Sensitive beginning in September. The parents state their baby began suffering diarrhea shortly thereafter. They switched formulas on the advice of their doctor, after which their infant recovered.
At the end of September, Abbott issued a voluntary recall order after small common beetles were found at its Michigan manufacturing facility. The lawsuit claims that the products were contaminated to such an extent that their baby became ill, and consequently required medical treatment.
The defendants are accused of negligence by breaching their duty to exercise reasonable care to prevent infants from being sickened by the "tainted Similac." The lawsuit states, "The Abbott defendant's conduct was committed with conscious or reckless disregard for the rights of plaintiffs and their minor child and those similarly situated and were grossly negligent and unreasonable."
The proposed class includes consumers who purchased Similac Advanced, Similac Sensitive and Similac Go and Grow in 2010 and who fed the Similac product to infant children who then subequently became sickened.
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My 5 yr old has started precocious puberty due to drinking pediasure she is only 5 and has underarm hair and is measuring a 10 yr old and perhaps start hormone injections to stunt her growth she looks like a 10 yr old. Whats worse is she can start a menstrual cycle. God knows whats in the bottle of pediasure. We r seeing a endocrinologist for help every month now.
Posted by Telena Begay
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my daughter had runs ever since birth using similac advance and died at4 monthes old i told doctors about it and they said she would overcome it. but she may have died over dehydration.
Posted by sughra fatima
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My daughter is 6 years old and she is completely disable.
She had a canned pediasure milk , after which she had Diarrhea and vomiting , she was discharged the same day but then she was suffering a lot and cried in school whole day and she was taken to ER to Long Isnad Jewish Hospital , New York on 12/03/2015
The Abbot company has sent us a letter asking for the can of milk that has a bad milk in it and asked us to write a letter to them about the compensation we are looking for, so we would like to get an assistance from you in getting the compensation from the company.
please let us know what we can do , we dont want other kid to suffer.
thanks !
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