October 20, 2017
An Illinois federal judge on Friday denied a bid by Abbott Laboratories to toss a suit alleging it failed to properly warn doctors about the risk of birth defects like spina bifida from the use of Depakote, rejecting the drugmaker's assertion that merely listing the probability of the defect on the drug's label was sufficient under Maryland law.
July 20, 2017
Abbott Laboratories won't get a redo of a trial in which a jury awarded a 10-year-old $15 million last month over claims the drugmaker failed to properly warn doctors about the risk of birth defects from use of its blockbuster drug Depakote, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday.
June 16, 2017
A downstate Illinois jury's $15 million award to a 10-year-old boy in his suit against Abbott Laboratories over its anti-epilepsy drug Depakote last week could be a bargaining chip for both plaintiffs and the company in the thousands of cases around the country, product liability attorneys told Law360.
June 09, 2017
An Illinois federal jury found that Abbott Laboratories failed to properly warn doctors about the risk of a severe birth defect in the babies of women taking its blockbuster drug Depakote on Friday, awarding a 10-year-old boy born with the defect $15 million.
June 07, 2017
The latest trial over whether Abbott Laboratories Inc. warned doctors about birth defects associated with its drug Depakote came to a close Wednesday, with attorneys for a boy born with spina bifida asking an Illinois federal jury for nearly $40 million to cover his future medical care.
May 24, 2017
The former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's birth defect division told an Illinois federal jury Wednesday that the active ingredient in Abbott Laboratories' anti-epilepsy drug Depakote dramatically increases the risk of spina bifida in fetuses.
May 23, 2017
A boy born with severe health problems after his mother took a medication made by Abbott Laboratories was exposed to "one of the most toxic drugs to a human baby" sold on the U.S. pharmaceutical market, attorneys for the family told an Illinois federal jury Tuesday.