Some parents allege that their children suffered birth injuries because the mothers took the medication Depakote while they were pregnant. The parents filed the lawsuit on March 21, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against defendants Abbott Laboratories Inc. and AbbVie Inc.<\/p>\n
The complaint states that the children were born between 1996 and 2008, and alleges that their injuries were caused by the mothers\u2019 ingestion of Depakote while they were pregnant. The defendants were engaged in the formulation, design, manufacture, licensing, testing, advertisement, marketing and sale of the drug Depakote, which was taken to manage seizures. The plaintiffs claim medical researchers established that the medication posed a greater risk for pregnant women. <\/p>\n
As a consequence of their ingestion of the drug, the children suffered serious and permanent injuries, became physically impaired and disfigured, and experienced a considerable amount of physical and mental pain and suffering. In (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some parents allege that their children suffered birth injuries because the mothers took the medication Depakote while they were pregnant. The parents filed the lawsuit on March 21, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois…<\/span><\/p>\n