Huggies rash class action overview:
- Who: Four mothers are suing Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturer of Huggies diapers.
- Why: The plaintiffs say all Huggies diapers contain a skin irritant that can cause chemical burns for babies.
- Where: The Huggies rash class action lawsuit was filed in a Texas federal court.
Huggies diapers can give babies severe chemical burns, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Four mothers filed the class action lawsuit against Kimberly-Clark Corporation on Dec. 6 in a Texas federal court, alleging violations of state consumer laws.
It seeks redress for parents and their children for physical and financial injuries resulting from the purchase and use of all varieties of Huggies diapers, which are made by Kimberly-Clark, plaintiffs Shannon Campbell, Jessica Dionise, Melissa Desmond and Natarsha Harris say.
According to the lawsuit, Huggies diapers are liable to cause severe burns in infants because they contain a skin irritant known as Ahcovel.
Kimberly-Clark has not instituted manufacturing safeguards to ensure that the proper amounts of Ahcovel are dispensed on the diapers, the mothers say.
“Because the amount of Ahcovel on Huggies diapers is not properly regulated, they will cause burns whenever an infant has the misfortune of wearing a diaper with too much Ahcovel in it,” the lawsuit alleges.
Babies experience severe chemical burns from Huggies, lawsuit alleges
The mothers each detail allegations of the diapers giving their babies chemical burns in the Huggies lawsuit.
Plaintiff Dionise says she treated the burn as though it were diaper rash, and it began to bleed. After taking her daughter to the hospital, she was told it had turned into “a life-threatening skin ulcer with extreme scarring.” Each of the parents said, once they stopped using the Huggies diapers, the rashes and burns went away.
The plaintiffs seek to represent anyone in the United States who bought Huggies diapers, plus New York, Michigan, Georgia and Virginia subclasses of Huggies consumers.
The mothers are suing under state consumer laws and for defective design, defective manufacturing and failure to warn. They seek certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.
This is not the first class action lawsuit to be filed over Huggies diapers. A concerned mother filed a class action lawsuit in 2018 against the makers of Huggies alleging that Snug & Dry Diapers can cause a rash which requires medical attention.
Have you used Huggies diapers? Let us know your experience in the comments!
The parents are represented by C.K. Lee of Lee Litigation Group PLLC.
The Huggies class action lawsuit is Shannon Campbell et al., v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Case No. 3:22-cv-02717-N in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas.
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127 thoughts onHuggies class action claims diapers contain skin irritant that causes rash
My daughter is experiencing this same thing bumps and bleeding on her private part and butt. How can we join class action lawsuit.
Mi hija esta sufriendo de graves quemaduras por culpa de este producto …hoy la llevare de emergencia al hospital para que me ayuden con esas quemaduras y sarpullidos sangre
My daughter has experienced very similar! As a Mom of two, I swore by huggies with my first (now 5 y/o), with my second I didnt even hesitate to go straight to huggies again. Within this past month and a half, she has statyed getting the absolute worst “diaper rash” to the point it has made her raw, skin cracking, bleeding ect..
She has never even had diaper rash up until this point, is always changed promptly! I tried everything to help her, nothing seemed to even touch her “rash” or provide even a little relief. I figured out it had to be the diapers and switched, since then I haven’t had a single issue.. these diapers are absolute giving out children chemical burns, and they’re no joke. I used Little Movers mainly but also had the same issue with a package of Snug and Dry I tried as well..
My granddaughter is currently experiencing this chemical burn and it is extremely distressing to hear her scream when she has to be changed. We are in Canada but I hope you all get something from this because it’s horrible.
Our baby got similar burns with those diapers. The Huggies overnites. Is there a number or email we can contact to join the class action?
My son was a NICU baby and has always used their diapers. We had opened a new box of diapers yesterday and this morning my son had the worst rash I have ever seen. He was bleeding and screaming in pain… I will be contacting his doctor to get this documented and treated.
We have used Huggies since my granddaughter was born. She is 10 months old. I have always loved Huggies until this week. We bought a pack of the new snug and dry that are supposed to be softer. They are softer to touch but they caused a severe rash. I first thought it was diaper rash but it was getting worse despite treatment. It was almost to the point of bleeding and she was so fussy which isn’t her at all. I switched to Pampers and I hope it clears up soon. I won’t be using Huggies anymore.
My daughter has been using Pampers, but we switched to Huggies diapers over the weekend due to availability. She started getting rashes, which I didn’t initially associate with the diapers, but now I’m certain they’re the cause. She gets red, burn-like patches that leave marks—unlike the usual diaper rash.”
My son using Huggies diapers while with my mom on weekends, and we’ve noticed every time the weekends over he has this bad looking rash… been 2 weeks of using the new formula, and now as of yesterday fresh out of a Huggies diaper that was only on for maybe 1.5 hours he has red dots everywhere, his sack is red and swollen. This needs to be a serious thing and needs to be fixed.
My granddaughter uses huggies and has developed a horrible looking rash. We have taken her to the urgent care and her primary a couple of times. No medication they have prescribed has helped. I jut started giving her baths in corn starch.
Mi hija esta sufriendo de graves quemaduras por culpa de este producto …hoy la llevare de emergencia al hospital para que me ayuden con esas quemaduras y sarpullidos sangre