Silvers filed the lawsuit against Similac and Enfamil manufacturers Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson, respectively, alleging that each of the companies have marketed cow’s milk-based formula products specifically for preemie newborns, despite a growing body of medical research that the products may cause vulnerable infants to develop NEC. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, presenting claims for her child, identified as A.S., and on behalf of herself as the child’s mother. The complaint (PDF) was filed last week by Stephanie Silvers in the U.S. The mother of a prematurely born infant says Similac and Enfamil cow’s milk formula caused necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) injuries for her child, which left him with lifelong disabilities before he even had the chance to leave the hospital.
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