You may qualify for financial compensation in a lawsuit against Gerber if your child was diagnosed with ADHD or autism spectrum disorder after eating Gerber baby food that was contaminated with toxic heavy metals. Design and Manufacturing Defects California law allows those injured by defective products to obtain financial compensation for any harm done to them from products that are considered defective by design. California law also allows those injured by defective products to obtain a financial recovery for any injury or sickness caused by products that are defective because something went wrong during the manufacturing process. It is clear that Gerber’s baby foods that are contaminated with toxic heavy metals are defective, whether it be due to a design defect or a manufacturing defect. Products that contain toxic ingredients which may cause diseases like ADHD or autism spectrum disorder are unreasonably dangerous and thus defective.