In closing arguments on Wednesday, plaintiff's lawyer Timothy Cronin asked jurors for $6 billion in punitive damages.

The Whitfield family legal case was just one of many still pending relating to the necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) disease.

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Abbott and Reckitt unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy's debilitating ...

A lawyer for a Missouri mother on Wednesday asked a jury to make Abbott and Reckitt's Mead Johnson pay a total of more than ...

The infant formula manufacturers were facing $6.2bn in punitive damages over allegations their infant formula products caused ...

Shares in Reckitt Benckiser topped the Stoxx Europe 600 Index after a U.S. court cleared the company of liability in a case ...

A St. Louis jury handed Abbott Laboratories a win Thursday, deciding that Abbott, another company and a hospital were not ...

The ruling by a Missouri state court jury is a rare legal win for Abbott Laboratories, maker of Similac formula, and Reckitt, ...

Mead Johnson welcomes today’s jury verdict in defendants’ favor in the Whitfield case in Missouri State Court. It demonstrates that the claims in this case were not supported by the science or experts ...

Missouri Mother Pursues $6 Billion in Premature Formula Lawsuit Background: A Missouri mother, Elizabeth Whitfield, has filed ...

In response, shares in Reckitt Benckiser soared 9.8% to 5,144.20 pence each in London early Friday. Reckitt was the best performing stock in the FTSE 100 index which was up 0.2%. Abbott Laboratories ...

The trial was the first against both Mead Johnson and Abbott over cow's milk-based infant formula that lawsuits allege causes necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, in premature babies. Previous ...