Keeter v. Gerber Products Company

  1. October 17, 2022

    Gerber Gets Baby Food Heavy Metals Suit Tossed

    A Virginia federal judge on Monday threw out claims from parents alleging Gerber Products Co. allowed dangerous amounts of heavy metals to get into baby food that it put on store shelves, saying the parents' arguments that their children were not harmed by the food dooms the suit.

  2. July 11, 2022

    Gerber Says Baby Food Heavy Metals Suits Should Be Nixed

    Gerber Products Co. urged a Virginia federal court to dismiss a group of lawsuits over allegations that there are heavy metals in its baby foods, arguing Friday that the parents have not pleaded injuries and that their claims are preempted by the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

  3. May 27, 2021

    Hain Urges JPML Not To Group Baby Food Suits

    Hain Celestial Group and a number of parents suing the baby food maker and others over alleged toxins in their products on Thursday urged the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation not to create an industrywide MDL, saying grouping all the claims against baby food companies wouldn't speed up the litigation.