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
We ran out of our usual Pampers Cruisers and used a 34 pack of size 3 snug and dry 12 hour protection. Within 24 hours she had a raw, red and inflamed rash front to back! Her usual butt paste with aloe was used all day, but it didn’t seem to help and only got worse. Our daughter is 9 months, has never been sick (yet) and has only had VERY minor redness. Naturally, this was extremely shocking, especially when she is screaming during diaper changes. Our daughter is the most chill and easy going baby, so it was heart wrenching when she was in pain. We immediately switched her back to pampers as soon as possible. With the pampers and the same butt paste, it already looked better by morning! Moral of the story…..STAY AWAY FROM HUGGIES!!!!
So snug and dry is the worst. Caused my baby to have a rash that looked like a chemical burn. Changed her over to pampers tonight and the rash/burn is getting better. But she was really red. This product needs to be taken off of the market!!
I tried all 3 varieties of Huggies on my daughter and they all gave her rashes. Snug and Dry being the worst. I’m not looking for compensation but Huggies causes rashes for a lot of babies. We’re a Pampers family now. She has zero issues in them.
My baby is 6 months old and has pneumonia. Was crying forever from pain and then i relized where the burn on his genitals is burning red. I only wore it for him1 week. It stuck to skin and when I started changing him it was like not coming off naturally till i saw that its almost glued onto him. No matter how much i tried, with creams, its just getting worse. I right away called my doctor and after examining, he developed an infection which is taking more than 2 weeks to recover from. Also, my baby now needs antibiotics and 5 other medications … he was almost rushed to the hospital for complicated breathing and choking.
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My daughter also suddenly started breaking out in this rash, as I also noticed the Crystal’s in the diaper, even after frequent diaper changes. It is terrible. Just called Huggies and they denied any cases of this EVER BEING REPORTED. They were quick to ask about if my daughter needed medical attention, with a list of symptom questions, making me extremely nervous. They claim they are sending me a 40.00 gift cert. Calling them made me very alarmed. Now finding this has. Once I did research has me very alarmed. They are ACTUALLY CALLING ME BACK AFTER MY DAUGHTER’S NEXT CHECK UP?
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This is silly, some babies have sensitive skin. All 3 of my kids get a rash from pampers so as a responsible parent, I switched brands… Simple as!
You’re right switch like I did but there should be anything in a baby diaper to give such a nasty rash I shouldn’t have to hear my poor day in pain because of it!
I’m an avid luvs user but when we got Huggies Snug & dry as a birthday gift I was really excited, less diapers we would have to buy ?? We put one on our daughter at night and the next morning we woke up with a BAD rash. This baby has NEVER had problems with rashes before so I knew it had to be the diaper. We put cream on her and a luvs and today it is clearing up. It’s sad that the cheaper diaper doesn’t cause any harm but these “better” diapers do.
I also had problems with these diapers gave my son a horrible rash and yeast infection took almost a whole month to clear up.
How can J jokn the lawsuit? We just started usinv huggies and noticed the burns on out daughters private parts,
We just ran out of Luvs diapers so we bought a box of Huggies snug and dry size 3 from Walmart. Been using them on my 3 month old for 2 days and now I’m seeing a rash that has gotten worse since we put them on her, even though I’ve been putting diaper rash cream on it. I went online to see if anyone else has this problem and sure enough, I find this website full of people complaining. Now I’m afraid to keep using these diapers and have an entire box of them! I’m switching back to Luvs or Pampers…