Articles from Mead Johnson

Mead Johnson welcomes today’s unanimous jury verdict in the company's favor in the Inman case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This was the first bellwether case against Mead Johnson tried in the federal Multi-District Litigation (MDL) involving allegations concerning the cause of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a serious gastrointestinal condition that primarily affects premature infants. With this decision, there are currently no outstanding jury verdicts in the overall NEC litigation against Mead Johnson, as juries in the state cases Collins and Whitfield ruled in our favor and the Illinois Appellate Court reversed the Watson decision.

Mead Johnson welcomes today’s jury verdict in the company's favor in the Collins case in Missouri State Court.

Mead Johnson welcomes today’s jury verdict in defendants’ favor in the Whitfield case in Missouri State Court. It demonstrates that the claims in this case were not supported by the science or experts in the medical community, and this case, like all the others brought by the plaintiff’s bar, should be dismissed. This outcome illustrates that moving forward, plaintiffs face significant challenges due to the heavy burden they must meet in proving elements of their claims in every single case.