Texas Family Appeals Dismissal of Hain Baby Food Injury Suit

A Texas family who link their son’s brain damage to heavy metals in Hain Celestial Group Inc.'s baby food urged a federal appeals court to reinstate their suit.

Grant and Sarah Palmquist sued Hain and retailer Whole Foods Market Inc. They alleged their son Ethan met developmental milestones until he was nearly 3, when he regressed in all areas of development and became unable to communicate.

A district court erroneously dismissed Whole Foods, and then denied their request to send the case back to Texas state court, the family said in a brief to the US Court of Appeals for ...