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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 6,671 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (6,504 of 6,671). These cases are most often Product Liability and Antitrust matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, D. New Jersey. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

6,671
Lawsuits
6,504
As Defendant
167
As Plaintiff
2,345
Open
4,326
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
10 mo
Median Duration
5,624 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.
180 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 97% of cases84% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 13 casesAZ — 22 casesAR — 9 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 6 casesCT — 8 casesDE — 72 casesDC — 15 casesFL — 99 casesGA — 17 casesID — 5 casesIL — 665 casesIN — 22 casesIA — 9 casesKS — 11 casesKY — 19 casesLA — 52 casesME — 4 casesMD — 16 casesMA — 102 casesMI — 17 casesMN — 31 casesMS — 30 casesMO — 20 casesMT — 2 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 4 casesNH — 1 casesNJ — 4,500 casesNM — 5 casesNY — 380 casesNC — 13 casesND — 1 casesOH — 192 casesOK — 14 casesOR — 6 casesPA — 72 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 9 casesSD — 3 casesTN — 20 casesTX — 95 casesUT — 5 casesVT — 4 casesVA — 18 casesWA — 14 casesWV — 10 casesWI — 10 casesWY — 3 cases
AK · 2HI · 1PR · 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 Liability5,624
Antitrust349
Patent154
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions152
Civil Rights131
Contract126

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Clustered litigation · MDL 5,624 Product Liability member cases 84% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 5,624 member cases →

1,047 Other Cases — Newest First

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