Mass Torts acquire their standing because they affect thousands of people. Despite this, the extent of public awareness for typical mass torts is depressingly low, owing to the fact that they do not attract significant media interest in addition to the corporate responses made towards them. However, every now and then, a Mass Tort will attract enough attention to go viral, as we witnessed this year.

You've undoubtedly heard about the severe baby formula shortage across the country if you haven't been entirely off the grid for a month. The news has attracted worldwide attention as people try to figure out how the world's richest country could mishandle things so badly. In this episode, we explore why your law firm should be the one to answer this question for your community.

In this podcast, we go through how the closure of one plant in Michigan has destabilized the baby formula supply chain throughout the country, why it happened, and what could have been done better to prevent it. We also discuss how product liability law firms are the greatest carriers of this message and where they should be joining the conversation.

Resources mentioned in our episode:

• Abbott tax practices after contamination shut down baby formula plant
• Abbott Labs Lawsuit Explained by New York’s Best Attorney
• Abbott CEO apologizes for the formula shortage

Send us your questions at [email protected]

Enjoy the show? Please don't forget to subscribe, tell your coworkers, and leave us a review!