UPDATE: On August 10, 2020, the Huggies class action lawsuit was dismissed.
A concerned mother has filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of Huggies alleging that their Snug & Dry Diapers can cause a rash which requires medical attention.
Plaintiff Heidy Morales filed the class action against Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the makers of Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers, alleging that the diapers can cause a painful, persistent rash in infants.
Morales says she purchased Huggies diapers online in December 2017. When she started to use the box of diapers in February, her child “J.F.” developed a painful, persistent rash that did not resolve on its own and required medical attention.
After using the Huggies diapers, Morales says she noticed blue crystals within the diapers that she had not initially noticed. Due to the rash and crystals, Morales ceased using Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers.
“The Product website states that the Product’s characteristics will ensure ‘more quality time with baby’ and ‘help keep baby dry so they can giggle a little longer,’” the Huggies class action states. “Yet J.F. was very far from giggling after Plaintiff Morales applied the Product to him, and Plaintiff Morales did not consider the ensuing doctor’s visit to be quality time.”
Morales claims that J.F.’s reaction to the diapers was not unique, and cites numerous other reviews by parents claiming that their children also developed severe rashes after using Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers. Reviews and complaints on CircleOfMoms.com, Community.BabyCenter.com, Amazon, and Huggies own website allegedly show that countless children are experiencing the same reaction that J.F. did.
“I don’t know what happened to Huggies Snug and Dry, but the new version is horrid,” one reviewer stated in an Amazon review. “My baby would wake up with tiny pieces of glue or whatever the material that they are using now on his skin, this is only after 6-7 [sic] hs of wear at night. The sticky substance that supposed to be inside the diaper somehow leaks and ends up on baby’s skin and eventually irritates and you have a diaper rash or worse.”
The Huggies class action claims that Kimberly-Clark knew about the problems associated with their diaper products but continued to sell them regardless of possible injuries to children. Kimberly-Clark allegedly acknowledged the complaints of parents on Facebook as early as 2013.
“We take any concerns about our diapers very seriously, and we are working directly with this mom to learn more about what happened and how we can help,” the company reportedly said on their Facebook page.
Despite this statement, the company has allegedly continued to sell defective products which injure children, the Huggies Snug & Dry class action states.
Morales seeks to represent a Class of consumers who purchased Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers within the applicable period. Alternatively, Morales proposed to represent a New York Class of the same consumers protected under New York consumer laws.
The Huggies class action seeks restitution, disgorgement, compensatory damages, statutory damages, court costs, and attorneys’ fees.
Plaintiffs are represented by C.K. Lee and Anne Seelig of Lee Litigation Group PLLC.
The Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers Class Action Lawsuit is Morales v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Case No. 7:18-cv-07401, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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620 thoughts onHuggies Class Action Says Snug & Dry Diapers Cause Rash
I’ve just bought several of the big boxes in various sizes for nieces babies sure hope this isn’t going to happen.
Add me please! I’ve had two children go through the same thing! The second one has had a persisten rash for almost a month now, even with medical treatment and prescription creams… All thanks to these diapers!
My 1 Yr. old soon to be a 2 yr. old has been using huggies & started to get a bad rash every time he would wear huggies diapers.
Only when using huggies & huggies baby wipes.
Yes experienced same thing. It was the worst experience having to get prescription cream to put on an infant due the rash outbreak from these Huggies diapers. I stopped using them and rash stopped coming! Now use Seven Generation from daughter was a baby and she 3 and never once she got any kind of rash. I banned using anything made my Kimberly Clarke after that experience. And I did call customer service and complain from 2014. So I stand with this, lawsuit.
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My son had rashes for the past 2 yrs. He would get so bad he would bleed. I took him to the Dr and they said it was bad and gave him antibiotic. I seen on fb that these diapers were the cause and I stopped using them. He hasn’t had a rash since. I can’t believe this. The diapers smelt like smoke after they got wet.
Please add me also the very same happy to my little one that’s 5 months now we had to switch diapers
Yes! I thought maybe it was something he was going through because Huggies were my favorite diapers. He constantly having rashes.
I have 6 children.. 5 of them used huggies faithfully from birth up until they was potty trained! My 6th child which is when they changed the formula got a rash from them every time I used them on her.. I switched to pampers and have had no problems since. I do not like the “new” formula or whatever you call it… I liked them the way they was.