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Corporate Family

Becton Dickinson — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Becton Dickinson corporate family — 41,065 cases naming any of its 5 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.

41,065
Lawsuits
40,947
As Defendant
118
As Plaintiff
12,091
Open
28,974
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
40,350 of these cases (98%) 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.
1110 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases98% Product LiabilityRecent filings steady

Cases by State

AL — 130 casesAZ — 10,461 casesAR — 45 casesCA — 170 casesCO — 43 casesCT — 44 casesDE — 44 casesDC — 16 casesFL — 427 casesGA — 350 casesID — 6 casesIL — 152 casesIN — 53 casesIA — 30 casesKS — 42 casesKY — 51 casesLA — 91 casesME — 15 casesMD — 52 casesMA — 87 casesMI — 81 casesMN — 731 casesMS — 79 casesMO — 313 casesMT — 3 casesNE — 15 casesNV — 9 casesNH — 6 casesNJ — 331 casesNM — 15 casesNY — 392 casesNC — 78 casesND — 0 casesOH — 9,403 casesOK — 49 casesOR — 13 casesPA — 196 casesRI — 2,263 casesSC — 86 casesSD — 9 casesTN — 112 casesTX — 709 casesUT — 33 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 32 casesWA — 25 casesWV — 13,697 casesWI — 50 casesWY — 8 cases
AK · 2HI · 3PR · 10

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 12,075 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityReal PropertyPatentContractCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability40,350
Real Property233
Patent134
Contract128
Civil Rights76
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions34

Where Filed

  • District Court, S.D. West Virginia13,690
  • District Court, D. Arizona10,461
  • District Court, S.D. Ohio9,321
  • District Court, D. Rhode Island2,263
  • District Court, D. Minnesota731

Entities in This Family

41,065 Cases — Newest First