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Corporate Family

Merck & Co — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Merck & Co corporate family — 25,343 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.

25,343
Lawsuits
25,100
As Defendant
243
As Plaintiff
1,433
Open
23,910
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
24,122 of these cases (95%) 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.
685 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases95% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 218 casesAZ — 53 casesAR — 62 casesCA — 1,142 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 30 casesDE — 82 casesDC — 41 casesFL — 753 casesGA — 116 casesID — 57 casesIL — 287 casesIN — 76 casesIA — 38 casesKS — 37 casesKY — 309 casesLA — 10,104 casesME — 9 casesMD — 151 casesMA — 58 casesMI — 17 casesMN — 501 casesMS — 205 casesMO — 487 casesMT — 6 casesNE — 5 casesNV — 50 casesNH — 6 casesNJ — 2,750 casesNM — 44 casesNY — 2,880 casesNC — 105 casesND — 6 casesOH — 508 casesOK — 215 casesOR — 23 casesPA — 2,382 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 124 casesSD — 7 casesTN — 240 casesTX — 636 casesUT — 84 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 65 casesWA — 75 casesWV — 196 casesWI — 28 casesWY — 7 cases
AK · 5HI · 27PR · 21

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 9,500 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsLaborContractPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability24,122
Civil Rights258
Labor160
Contract155
Patent145
Personal Property / Fraud117

Where Filed

  • District Court, E.D. Louisiana9,916
  • District Court, D. New Jersey2,750
  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania2,319
  • District Court, E.D. New York1,382
  • District Court, S.D. New York1,252

Entities in This Family

25,343 Cases — Newest First