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Baby Formulas Similac and Enfamil have been linked to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition that mostly affects premature and low-weight infants. NEC lawsuits have been filed against Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson for failure to warn parents and medical professionals, and that the manufacturers knew or should have known that their cow-based milk infant formulas posed a serious risk of developing NEC.

Philips, the medical device manufacturer, is facing class-action lawsuits from consumers, including a CPAP lung cancer lawsuit, alleging the company knew about the risks associated with its CPAP and BiPAP machines a considerable time before it recalled millions of sleep machines.

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The weed-killer Paraquat has been linked to increased rates of Parkinson’s disease and other serious health conditions in farmers, agricultural workers, families living near farming communities and others exposed to the toxic herbicide. Paraquat lawsuits claim Syngenta and other chemical manufacturers have not adequately warned users about the life-altering neurological effects that Paraquat caused them.

Birth Defects can result from different factors, including environmental toxins, drug side effects and negligence. Tragically, birth defects can also result in wrongful death.

Below-freezing temperatures in Texas that caused widespread property damage, business closures, injuries and deaths have led to lawsuits against Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) and Houston-based utility CenterPoint Energy Inc. Texas residents and businesses have filed gross negligence and willful misconduct claims and potential class actions. Injury and death from the cold, and harm caused by medical device failure as a result of power loss, have led to personal injury lawsuits. As well, economic losses have resulted in denied insurance complaints.

The California Mental Health Parity Act, enacted in 1999, required coverage of medically necessary treatment for nine enumerated severe mental illnesses as well as serious emotional disturbances of a child. The list was criticized as incomplete, out-of-date and failing to encompass the full range of mental health and substance use disorders. It required, among other things, outpatient services, inpatient hospital services, partial hospital services, and prescription drugs, but only if the contract or policy included coverage for prescription drugs.