When Biological Causality Is Determined in a Court of Law

2024/10/07 by Josef Neu, Neena Modi · 1 voice · 1 citation
Medicine · Nursing · #Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare #Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery #Infant Nutrition and Health

paper · doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4012

openalex publication_date 2024/10/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This Viewpoint describes the problems with litigation related to infant formula and necrotizing enterocolitis, such as the inadequacy of the evidence and the patient safety issues raised by the court’s rulings.

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