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Abbott Laboratories

Federal civil lawsuits naming Abbott Laboratories, a Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology company.

Public CompanyPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Ticker
NYSE: ABT
Business
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
Abbott Park, IL
Incorporated in
Illinois
SEC CIK
1800

Abbott Laboratories is a public company in Pharmaceutical Preparations, based in Abbott Park, IL (traded on NYSE as ABT, incorporated in Illinois). It appears in 6,577 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (6,410 of 6,577). These cases are most often Product Liability and Antitrust matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, D. New Jersey.

6,577
Lawsuits
6,410
As Defendant
167
As Plaintiff
2,293
Open
4,284
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
10 mo
Median Duration
5,536 of these cases (84%) are Product Liability filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.
178 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 97%Product Liability-heavy · 84%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 13 casesAZ — 20 casesAR — 9 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 6 casesCT — 8 casesDE — 72 casesDC — 15 casesFL — 99 casesGA — 17 casesID — 5 casesIL — 587 casesIN — 21 casesIA — 9 casesKS — 11 casesKY — 19 casesLA — 51 casesME — 4 casesMD — 15 casesMA — 102 casesMI — 16 casesMN — 28 casesMS — 30 casesMO — 20 casesMT — 2 casesNE — 1 casesNV — 4 casesNH — 1 casesNJ — 4,498 casesNM — 5 casesNY — 379 casesNC — 13 casesND — 1 casesOH — 192 casesOK — 14 casesOR — 6 casesPA — 72 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 9 casesSD — 3 casesTN — 18 casesTX — 95 casesUT — 5 casesVT — 4 casesVA — 18 casesWA — 14 casesWV — 10 casesWI — 10 casesWY — 3 cases
AK · 2PR · 19

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 3,034 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityAntitrustPatentFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability5,536
Antitrust349
Patent154
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions152
Civil Rights129
Contract126

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5,536 Product Liability Member Cases

Large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (84% of the full caseload).

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