Abbott must pay $495 million in premature infant formula trial, jury finds
Abbott must pay $495 million in premature infant formula trial, jury finds
A jury on Friday found that Abbott Laboratories' specialized formula for premature infants caused an Illinois girl to develop a dangerous bowel disease, ordering the healthcare company to pay $495 million in compensatory and punitive damages.
The verdict in St. Louis, Missouri state court comes in the first trial against the company out of hundreds of similar claims over the formula pending in courts around the country, which Reuters viewed via Courtroom View Network.
The jury awarded $95 million in compensatory damages and $400 million in punitive damages.
Before the jury was sent to consider punitive damages, Abbott attorney James Hurst said that the verdict risks sending the wrong message and limiting doctors' options for feeding preterm infants who cannot breastfeed.
For a moment there I thought it had something to do with the little piss baby.
Before the jury was sent to consider punitive damages, Abbott attorney James Hurst said that the verdict risks sending the wrong message and limiting doctors' options for feeding preterm infants who cannot breastfeed.
If fining someone for making a concoction of poison to feed the infant is called "wrong message", then i kinda wonder what their right message are.
Pray tell, what poison was present in the formula?
Illinois resident Margo Gill, who brought the case against Abbott, alleged that the company failed to warn that its formula could cause a potentially deadly disease called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies.
Maybe go ask what Abbott put in their formula that will increase the risk of contracting this disease, and why the parent of the patient aren't being told of this