( February 25, 2026, 1:27 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiffs in pending cases alleging that they were injured by defective spinal cord stimulators ask the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) to centralize all cases pending against Abbott Laboratories and Boston Scientific Corp., asserting that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the ideal location....