---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-099247"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABT"
cik: "0000001800"
company_name: "ABBOTT LABORATORIES"
filed_at: "2026-08-20T20:33:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-20T20:34:05.961023+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Abbott settles NEC litigation for $670M covering Gill case and ~2,000 infants

## Summary
- Agreements resolve $495M Gill verdict plus NEC claims for ~2,000 infants, total ~$670M.
- Avoids paying ~$600M (Gill judgment plus interest); settlement includes no admission of liability.
- Following settlement, ~1,700 lawsuits pending involving ~12,700 infants; company to work to eliminate invalid claims.
- Abbott and medical groups assert no reliable scientific evidence that preterm formulas cause NEC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-099247
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABT
- cik: 0000001800
- company_name: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
- filed_at: 2026-08-20T20:33:15+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465926099247/0001104659-26-099247-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465926099247/tm2623675d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-099247.txt

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