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