Nix v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

N.D. Ill. · No. 1:26-cv-12542

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Matter	Type	Practice area	Court	Date	Value
ABBOTT LABORATORIES source ↗ filed by Bullock Legal Group · No. 1:26-cv-12542 · 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship) · view case timeline → Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M ▾ No GIPA-specific ruling appears among comparables; privacy claims are mixed, with confidentiality claims surviving in Bayhealth but dismissed in Tower Health and unclear in Integris. Abbott's repeat appearance in prior Privacy & Wiretap filings (Luzingu, Parisi) suggests courts have not yet foreclosed these genetic-privacy theories. Comparable settlements $59.50M–$725M median $81.50M · n=10 Meta $725M · Google $425M · Google $135M Per member (realized): ~$29 median · $29–$29 (n=2) Comparable verdict: Google LLC $425.70M · Google LLC $425.65M Class (from complaint): All persons who are or were employed by or applied for employment with Abbott Laboratories in Illinois and were asked to provide genetic information in the form Key precedent: Doe v. Bayhealth Medical Ctr. — recognizes a duty of confidentiality for health-related disclosures, supportive of genetic-info claims surviving MTD. Main risk: Dismissal on statutory-interpretation grounds (c.f. Tower Health, Nuance) if Abbott's family-history inquiry is found exempt or non-actionable under GIPA definitions This defendant: Abbott has faced at least two prior Privacy & Wiretap filings (Luzingu, Parisi) and one Data Breach settlement, indicating recurring privacy litigation exposure. Rough EV model (wide — class size is the big unknown, not a prediction): $15K–$3.75M Small, indirect comparable set with no GIPA-specific rulings or settlements; estimates are highly speculative given class-size and statutory-damage uncertainty. · grounded in 9 rulings, 10 settlements, 4 verdicts	Filing	Privacy & Wiretap	N.D. Ill.	2026-10-13	$59.50M–$725M comparable settlements