Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

Johnson & Johnson — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Johnson & Johnson corporate family — 131,273 cases naming any of its 17 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.

131,273
Lawsuits
131,060
As Defendant
213
As Plaintiff
25,672
Open
105,601
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
129,446 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.
3548 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 99%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 409 casesAZ — 68 casesAR — 50 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 62 casesCT — 94 casesDE — 78 casesDC — 1,064 casesFL — 513 casesGA — 3,898 casesID — 17 casesIL — 517 casesIN — 245 casesIA — 39 casesKS — 119 casesKY — 227 casesLA — 32,227 casesME — 83 casesMD — 149 casesMA — 147 casesMI — 85 casesMN — 3,202 casesMS — 199 casesMO — 545 casesMT — 45 casesNE — 16 casesNV — 16 casesNH — 27 casesNJ — 21,049 casesNM — 54 casesNY — 1,334 casesNC — 168 casesND — 3 casesOH — 11,770 casesOK — 124 casesOR — 60 casesPA — 1,861 casesRI — 84 casesSC — 143 casesSD — 10 casesTN — 254 casesTX — 10,268 casesUT — 52 casesVT — 16 casesVA — 170 casesWA — 79 casesWV — 39,511 casesWI — 48 casesWY — 9 cases
AK · 6HI · 15PR · 42

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 71,985 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsReal PropertyPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability129,446
Contract359
Civil Rights357
Real Property186
Patent175
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions161

Where Filed

  • District Court, S.D. West Virginia39,485
  • District Court, E.D. Louisiana32,021
  • District Court, D. New Jersey21,049
  • District Court, N.D. Ohio11,608
  • District Court, N.D. Texas9,884

Entities in This Family

131,273 Cases — Newest First