April 08, 2016
A woman who lost at trial in November on her claims that her child's birth defects were caused by Abbott Laboratories' and AbbVie's epilepsy drug Depakote is appealing an Ohio judge's order denying her a new trial to the Sixth Circuit.
November 02, 2015
An Ohio jury on Monday cleared Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie in a mother's failure-to-warn suit blaming her child's birth defects on the companies' epilepsy drug Depakote, following a 13-day trial.
October 30, 2015
An Ohio federal judge who sanctioned Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s counsel at Venable LLP on Thursday for holding up a personal injury trial changed her mind Friday and vacated the sanctions order.
October 29, 2015
An Ohio federal judge on Thursday hit Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s counsel Venable LLP, which represented the company in a mother's lawsuit blaming her child's birth defects on its epilepsy drug Depakote, with sanctions for unnecessarily holding up the trial with dubious representations over witness availability.
October 28, 2015
Following a 13-day jury trial, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie asked an Ohio federal judge Wednesday to take punitive damages off the table in a mother's suit blaming her child's birth defects on the companies' epilepsy drug, Depakote, claiming she can't prove her allegations.
October 02, 2015
Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie Inc. and a plaintiff claiming the companies' anti-epilepsy drug Depakote caused her child's birth defects partly succeeded Friday in excluding dueling expert testimony when an Ohio federal court decided to grant their motions without a hearing.
September 29, 2015
Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. told an Ohio federal judge Monday that the mother of a girl with birth defects allegedly caused by the companies' anti-epilepsy drug Depakote shouldn't be able to recover damages based on her daughter's developmental delays because an underlying failure to warn claim was preempted.
September 02, 2015
A woman suing Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. over her daughter's birth defects allegedly caused by the companies' anti-epilepsy drug Depakote pressed an Ohio federal court for sanctions on Tuesday, saying the companies had lied to secure partial summary judgment.
August 14, 2015
An Ohio federal judge has trimmed but preserved a suit by a woman who claims taking an anti-epileptic drug produced by Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. while pregnant caused birth defects in her daughter.