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Corporate Family

C.R. Bard — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the C.R. Bard corporate family — 37,277 cases naming any of its 4 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.

37,277
Lawsuits
37,218
As Defendant
59
As Plaintiff
8,946
Open
28,331
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
36,803 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.
1007 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 99%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 129 casesAZ — 7,181 casesAR — 44 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 39 casesCT — 39 casesDE — 30 casesDC — 14 casesFL — 420 casesGA — 342 casesID — 6 casesIL — 139 casesIN — 48 casesIA — 28 casesKS — 42 casesKY — 51 casesLA — 85 casesME — 13 casesMD — 34 casesMA — 78 casesMI — 74 casesMN — 729 casesMS — 77 casesMO — 306 casesMT — 3 casesNE — 13 casesNV — 7 casesNH — 6 casesNJ — 272 casesNM — 15 casesNY — 372 casesNC — 66 casesND — 0 casesOH — 9,347 casesOK — 47 casesOR — 12 casesPA — 179 casesRI — 2,262 casesSC — 82 casesSD — 9 casesTN — 108 casesTX — 691 casesUT — 26 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 29 casesWA — 23 casesWV — 13,697 casesWI — 47 casesWY — 8 cases
AK · 2HI · 2PR · 1

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 11,215 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityReal PropertyContractPatentCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability36,803
Real Property230
Contract77
Patent69
Civil Rights29
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions16

Where Filed

  • District Court, S.D. West Virginia13,690
  • District Court, S.D. Ohio9,268
  • District Court, D. Arizona7,181
  • District Court, D. Rhode Island2,262
  • District Court, D. Minnesota729

Entities in This Family

37,277 Cases — Newest First