Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

3M — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the 3M corporate family — 135,848 cases naming any of its 2 affiliated entities. These are distinct legal entities grouped by corporate affiliation; each also has its own page, and a case naming several members is counted once.

135,848
Lawsuits
135,606
As Defendant
242
As Plaintiff
20,882
Open
114,966
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
133,900 of these cases (99%) are Product Liability filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.
3672 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases99% Product LiabilityRecent filings up

Cases by State

AL — 571 casesAZ — 34 casesAR — 21 casesCA — 190 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 16 casesDE — 33 casesDC — 6 casesFL — 104,593 casesGA — 53 casesID — 2 casesIL — 60 casesIN — 68 casesIA — 11 casesKS — 8 casesKY — 36 casesLA — 48 casesME — 4 casesMD — 19 casesMA — 59 casesMI — 20 casesMN — 6,846 casesMS — 84 casesMO — 136 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 9 casesNH — 4 casesNJ — 55 casesNM — 10 casesNY — 505 casesNC — 128 casesND — 1 casesOH — 40 casesOK — 22 casesOR — 19 casesPA — 2,100 casesRI — 22 casesSC — 19,333 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 12 casesTX — 550 casesUT — 4 casesVT — 4 casesVA — 18 casesWA — 24 casesWV — 22 casesWI — 18 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 4HI · 1PR · 7

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 101,287 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityReal PropertyCivil RightsPatentContract

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability133,900
Real Property1,062
Civil Rights170
Patent163
Contract158
Personal Property / Fraud126

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. Florida104,435
  • District Court, D. South Carolina19,333
  • District Court, D. Minnesota6,846
  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania2,080
  • District Court, N.D. Alabama554

Entities in This Family

135,848 Cases — Newest First