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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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99 thoughts onHuggies class action claims diapers contain skin irritant that causes rash
I’ve used Huggies for 3 years now an have took my son to Dr many times with severe rash that leaves whelps an bloody rash,I got pics an dr notes
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My 10 month old presented with a rash in diaper area. We used cloth diapers but when we moved we had to switch to disposible. We took her to doctor and they just treated as a diaper rash. She was Blisteres and Bleeding After several Dr visits and Er trips we went back to the cloths. Rash started to clear up overnight. This por baby was in so much pain.
Yes, I used Huggies diapers on my Children. My Third child was fair-skinned, and I thought she was just sensitive, But it wasn’t until I changed brands I realized it was the diapers themself and stopped using them immediately. She was a special needs baby, and I ensured she was always comfortable. Huggies was known for being soft and comfortable; until a rash appeared. Since she could not communicate traditionally, she watched her around the clock to ensure she was comfortable until I noticed her fidgeting and saw that a rash had appeared. Her skin formed what looked like a chemical burn. I cried, thinking it was something I had done, but it was the chemicals used in the diapers.
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I could not use Huggies on my babies because of the instant deep red rash . It looked like it was eating the skin. This is the only diaper that they had a reaction to in such a way
Add me. My 4 month old son has been battling an ulcerated infantile hemangioma on his shoulder for weeks now and today I found a chemical burn in his diaper area. We had just switched from luvs to huggies. My heart sank when I saw this class action lawsuit. I’ll never be using this brand again. My poor baby boy is going through so much as it is. This is very disappointing and they need to be held accountable.
Huggies are terrible. We have been using pamper brand or cloth diapers, for the past 4 days our daughters rash has been getting worse until today it started bleeding. I am so disappointed and angry with huggies.
Add me please my son still has black blemishes from those diapers and I kept my receipts