Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

Bayer — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Bayer corporate family — 43,451 cases naming any of its 8 affiliated entities. These are distinct legal entities grouped by corporate affiliation, and each also has its own page. Each case is recorded against the defendant named first in its caption, so a case appears here once.

43,451
Lawsuits
42,990
As Defendant
461
As Plaintiff
829
Open
42,622
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
40,944 of these cases (94%) 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.
1174 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases94% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 415 casesAZ — 374 casesAR — 119 casesCA — 4,360 casesCO — 41 casesCT — 225 casesDE — 271 casesDC — 36 casesFL — 2,577 casesGA — 189 casesID — 25 casesIL — 2,636 casesIN — 77 casesIA — 80 casesKS — 87 casesKY — 122 casesLA — 1,073 casesME — 9 casesMD — 48 casesMA — 125 casesMI — 68 casesMN — 10,228 casesMS — 537 casesMO — 1,967 casesMT — 15 casesNE — 51 casesNV — 49 casesNH — 28 casesNJ — 889 casesNM — 35 casesNY — 3,284 casesNC — 122 casesND — 15 casesOH — 356 casesOK — 106 casesOR — 28 casesPA — 9,430 casesRI — 7 casesSC — 123 casesSD — 15 casesTN — 141 casesTX — 1,030 casesUT — 30 casesVT — 7 casesVA — 114 casesWA — 1,710 casesWV — 100 casesWI — 41 casesWY — 8 cases
AK · 2HI · 8PR · 14

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 7,558 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityPersonal Property / FraudReal PropertyPatentContract

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability40,944
Personal Property / Fraud726
Real Property415
Patent305
Contract282
Civil Rights224

Where Filed

  • District Court, D. Minnesota10,228
  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania9,315
  • District Court, N.D. California3,910
  • District Court, S.D. New York2,978
  • District Court, S.D. Illinois2,255

Entities in This Family

43,451 Cases — Newest First