NJ mom sues baby formula company for formula she claims killed her baby

Katie Wussler, a program coordinator at Mother & Child Education Center, checks the lot number on a donated can of Similac baby formula against a list of recalled cans on May 12, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. More than 60 percent of Mother & Childs formula supply was affected by the recall, and like many similar non-profits they are struggling to meet increased demand from mothers who are unable to find or afford formula in stores. Executive Director Maura White said she's had to turn away mothers looking for formula about three times a week since the recall was announced.
Katie Wussler, a program coordinator at Mother & Child Education Center, checks the lot number on a donated can of Similac baby formula against a list of recalled cans on May 12, 2022 in Portland, Oregon. More than 60 percent of Mother & Childs formula supply was affected by the recall, and like many similar non-profits they are struggling to meet increased demand from mothers who are unable to find or afford formula in stores. Executive Director Maura White said she's had to turn away mothers looking for formula about three times a week since the recall was announced. Photo credit Nathan Howard/Getty Images

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- A Morris County mother is suing Abbott Laboratories for producing baby formula that can allegedly be dangerous for premature babies.

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Nicole Cresap’s infant daughter, Kennedy Hayes, died in December after contracting necrotizing enterocolitis, a bacterial illness that Cresap believes was caused by Similac baby formula.

She is joining fifteen other lawsuits across the country that were consolidated into a single class action in April, according to the Morristown Daily Record.

The suit was filed in a U.S. District Court in Chicago, where the company’s Natural Products Division is based.

It alleges Abbott marketed Similac formula as safe for premature infants, despite studies that proved otherwise.

The lawsuit also claims the company failed to contact the FDA, hospitals and physicians to inform them of in-house studies that indicated the formula could be deadly for premature infants.

The company denies all allegations of wrongdoing.

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