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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
SHAME ONE HUGGIES !!!! ADD ME !!!!!! I bought Huggies size 6 fit and dry yesterday jan 30,2023 she now has bad rash on her private part.
Same Huggies used to be decent quality but they aren’t anymore and they rub my newborn in all the wrong places and all the urine soaks up in the front and stays in the one spot instead of soaking into the entire diaper even if he goes more than 1 time.
Please add me to this or let me know how I can join the lawsuit. I plan on contacting their customer service to see what they can do for me.
My grandson used Huggies diapers on January 17, 2024. His mom had grabbed them because they didn’t have his size and pampers so she grabbed a box of Huggies well the next day his butt started blistering and his skin peeled off on the 18th mom went and bought more pampers now that we put pampers on his bottom is starting to heal, but it is still open
Please add me I’m currently treating my 1 year old baby girl .. this is so awful
On Wednesday November 21, 2023 my husband picked up diapers for our almost 12 month old. That evening she had a red burn/rash on her bottom and she was in so much pain that she would not let us wipe her and was in visible discomfort when sitting. We thought maybe it was caused by something she ate but she doesn’t usually get rashes. I racked my brain what could have caused this and the only difference was we were using Huggies instead of pampers. We went to the store to get pampers and by the next day after one day of not using Huggies the redness was much better. Thankfully BJs refunded us for the box of Huggies. It is sad these are still being sold.
Currently treating my 1.5yr old for chemical burns caused by Huggies
Please add me. I spent lots of money on Huggies and babies had diaper rashes all the time.
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