The Miami parents of an infant girl, representing a nationwide and Florida class of similarly situated individuals, have joined a lawsuit seeking class-action status against the maker of a popular baby food that was recently recalled after their child and other babies around the country became sick with bacterial infections after eating the products.

Attorney David Silverman and partner Scott Schlesinger of Schlesinger Law Offices in Fort Lauderdale represent clients Israel Ephraim and Zelda Berger. The parents allege in the lawsuit that defendant Abbott Nutrition put children at risk of injury and bacterial infection with its toxic baby formula products Similac, Alimentum and EleCare.