July 28, 2022
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation raised no red flags Thursday about consolidating 18 lawsuits alleging that Abbott Laboratories' Similac infant formula caused a deadly illness in premature babies, but at a Seattle hearing the panel questioned whether Abbott's choice of judge has an appearance of conflict because he once represented the company.
February 18, 2022
A proposed class of baby formula buyers accused Abbott Laboratories Inc. in Florida federal court on Friday of allowing tainted formula to make it to the market, one day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it was investigating the company's facility in Sturgis, Michigan, after receiving reports of infant hospitalizations and one death after consuming the formula.