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The St. Clair County Enfamil Reversal: What a New Trial Means for Your Family If you are a parent who has been following the necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) litigation in Belleville or throughout Southern Illinois, the latest news from the Appellate Court of Illinois’s Fifth District is likely devastating. In March 2024, a St. Clair County jury sent a message to the entire world when it awarded $60 million to a mother whose premature infant died after being fed Enfamil. That verdict was more than just a number; it was a recognition of the unimaginable grief a family faces when a corporate product turns a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) into a place of tragedy. On June 12, 2026, that message was silenced—at least for now. The appeals court vacated that landmark $60 million award, ordering a brand-new trial. This doesn’t mean the case is lost, and it doesn’t mean Mead Johnson is off the hook. It means the legal fight has moved into a technical “reset.” As trial attorneys who work through these catastrophic product liability cases, we know exactly what this means: the insurance lawyers for the formula makers found a procedural loophole to climb through, and now we…