NEC cost per signed retainer
NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis, cow's milk formula) carries a cost per signed retainer of $3,100–$4,800 in Q1 2026, current as of March 31, 2026, at an 8–13% signed rate and a high qualification tier. The litigation is active. Sample size and confidence interval for this row are not available; the reason is stated on each figure below rather than omitted.
Data as of Updated Q1 2026 release
CPR range · Q1 2026
$3,100 – $4,800
Median: n/a — Per-tort medians are not published. The dataset carries the interquartile low and high bounds for each tort; only the national median is published as a point value.
Signed rate
8–13%
Share of exclusive leads that become signed retainers.
Qualification tier
High
Relative difficulty of clearing this tort's qualifying criteria.
Status
Active
As published in the Q1 2026 release.
Sample size
n/a
Per-tort sample sizes are not broken out in the published dataset. The panel total (140 firms, $180M of annual mass tort lead spend across 16 active tort categories) is published at the panel level only, so the number of firms and the spend basis behind any single row cannot be stated.
Confidence interval
n/a
Not computable from the published dataset. Benchmarks are published as trimmed interquartile ranges, and the per-observation values a confidence interval requires are not retained in the published figures.
Unverified
No third party has reviewed this methodology or the underlying data. Mass Tort Marketing Agency sells the leads these figures price.
What third-party verification would involveNEC CPR over time
The series for NEC starts at Q1 2026. Mass Tort Marketing Agency holds one published quarter of per-tort data for this tort, so there is no trend line to draw yet — the single point is shown below, and a second point will appear when the next quarter publishes.
| Quarter | CPR low | CPR high | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | n/a | n/a | No per-tort breakdown for Q4 2024 is held in the dataset. Only the national median is held for that quarter, which is why the per-tort trend series begins at Q1 2026. |
| Q1 2026 | $3,100 | $4,800 | Published. |
What qualifies a NEC claimant
A premature infant received Similac or Enfamil cow's-milk-based formula (not breast milk or human-milk-based formula) during a specific neonatal window, and was subsequently diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis.
Falloff: 28–35%. This is the qualification-failure rate at medical-record review — the share of signed retainers that fail to file — and is the highest of any active tort.
Active — what that means for acquisition
Active, with among the most technically specific criteria of any active tort. Roughly 28-35% of signed retainers fail to file because documentation of formula brand, formula batch, or gestational age cannot be produced. Firms running Tier-2 medical-record pre-screening within 72 hours of initial retainer cut filed-case falloff to 12-18%; a 20-point reduction drops effective CPR from the upper-band $4,800 to roughly $3,400.
NEC cost per lead
This dataset does not publish a cost-per-lead figure for NEC, and no CPL value is shown here rather than being derived from the CPR band. The two are related by the signed rate — CPL is approximately CPR × signed rate — but running that multiplication against a published interquartile band produces a number that looks measured and is not, so it is left out. What the benchmark does state is the signed rate: 8–13% of exclusive NEC leads become signed retainers that survive the 30-day falloff window. If you have your own CPL from a vendor quote, that signed rate is the multiplier that turns it into a comparable CPR.
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