I think that, like tobacco, we'd have to be prepared for a lot of
lawsuits, and a lot of press (like years) before a law suit was
successful. That's if you measure success by the formula company being
made told by a jury they have to pay out. Success can also be measured
in changes in practice of the formula companies (they have deep
pockets, but these lawsuits a expensive, a pain, and terrible
publicity.) and/or hospitals (it would look terrible for a hospital to
be sued for something like this and their pockets aren't quite as
deep). Success can also be measured in changes in attitude of the
public if bfing is taken more seriously.
Naomi Bar-Yam

On Mar 17, 2004, at 8:18 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> I don't think suing a hospital (not the formula company) for giving
> formula against a parent's wishes would necessarily be a "frivolous
> lawsuit." We know what just one bottle of formula can do to a baby's
> system! At the minimum, I think hospitals should handle the feeding of
> unrequested formula in the same way they handle medication errors.
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