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AbbVie Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming AbbVie Inc, a Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology company.

Public CompanyPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Ticker
NYSE: ABBV
Business
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
North Chicago, IL
Incorporated in
Delaware
SEC CIK
1551152

AbbVie Inc is a public company in Pharmaceutical Preparations, based in North Chicago, IL (traded on NYSE as ABBV, incorporated in Delaware). It appears in 5,032 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (4,933 of 5,032). These cases are most often Product Liability and Antitrust matters, filed between 2009 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, N.D. Illinois. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

5,032
Lawsuits
4,933
As Defendant
99
As Plaintiff
64
Open
4,968
Terminated
2009–2026
Span
4.3 yr
Median Duration
4,804 of these cases (95%) 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.
280 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 98%Product Liability-heavy · 95%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 6 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 1 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 2 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 51 casesDC — 4 casesFL — 10 casesGA — 4 casesID — 0 casesIL — 4,762 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 1 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 17 casesME — 1 casesMD — 3 casesMA — 1 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 4 casesMS — 4 casesMO — 7 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 1 casesNJ — 22 casesNM — 2 casesNY — 33 casesNC — 0 casesND — 1 casesOH — 8 casesOK — 1 casesOR — 2 casesPA — 66 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 1 casesTN — 1 casesTX — 1 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 1 casesVA — 5 casesWA — 1 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 1 casesWY — 0 cases
HI · 1PR · 2

Open Cases Over Time

2009peak 4,178 open2026

Case Types Over Time

20092026
Product LiabilityAntitrustPatentContractPatent - ANDA

Filings by Year

20092026

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Product Liability4,804
Antitrust50
Patent47
Contract36
Patent - ANDA27
Other Civil21

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Clustered litigation · MDL 4,804 Product Liability member cases 95% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 4,804 member cases →

228 Other Cases — Newest First

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