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Corporate Family

Johnson & Johnson — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Johnson & Johnson corporate family — 132,731 cases naming any of its 16 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.

132,731
Lawsuits
132,502
As Defendant
229
As Plaintiff
25,691
Open
107,040
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
130,759 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.
3587 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases99% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 409 casesAZ — 68 casesAR — 50 casesCA — 1,417 casesCO — 62 casesCT — 94 casesDE — 78 casesDC — 1,064 casesFL — 524 casesGA — 3,902 casesID — 17 casesIL — 518 casesIN — 245 casesIA — 39 casesKS — 119 casesKY — 227 casesLA — 32,231 casesME — 83 casesMD — 149 casesMA — 147 casesMI — 85 casesMN — 3,202 casesMS — 200 casesMO — 545 casesMT — 45 casesNE — 16 casesNV — 17 casesNH — 28 casesNJ — 21,060 casesNM — 54 casesNY — 1,334 casesNC — 168 casesND — 3 casesOH — 11,771 casesOK — 124 casesOR — 60 casesPA — 1,864 casesRI — 84 casesSC — 143 casesSD — 10 casesTN — 254 casesTX — 10,269 casesUT — 52 casesVT — 16 casesVA — 170 casesWA — 79 casesWV — 39,511 casesWI — 49 casesWY — 9 cases
AK · 6HI · 15PR · 43

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 72,000 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsReal PropertyPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability130,759
Contract394
Civil Rights373
Real Property191
Patent187
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions186

Where Filed

  • District Court, S.D. West Virginia39,485
  • District Court, E.D. Louisiana32,025
  • District Court, D. New Jersey21,060
  • District Court, N.D. Ohio11,609
  • District Court, N.D. Texas9,885

Recent Court Activity Naming Johnson & Johnson

Docket activity picked up from federal court RSS feeds, on cases that are not in the index below. The bulk data this site is built from is republished quarterly, so activity reaches this list first. New complaints are listed ahead of routine filings; a docket's case number shows the year it was opened. Links go to PACER, which requires its own login and fees.

  • Tyree v. Johnson and Johnson Et Al
    08/01/2026 3:24-cv-06245 D.N.J. Withdraw as Attorney Docket on PACER
  • Weaver v. Johnson and Johnson Et Al
    08/01/2026 3:24-cv-06251 D.N.J. Withdraw as Attorney Docket on PACER
  • Williams v. Johnson and Johnson Et Al
    08/01/2026 3:24-cv-06255 D.N.J. Withdraw as Attorney Docket on PACER

Entities in This Family

132,731 Cases — Newest First