Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

Pfizer — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Pfizer corporate family — 69,764 cases naming any of its 7 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.

69,764
Lawsuits
69,207
As Defendant
557
As Plaintiff
1,139
Open
68,625
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
67,218 of these cases (96%) 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.
1886 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 99%Product Liability-heavy · 96%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 4,222 casesAZ — 92 casesAR — 6,488 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 218 casesCT — 85 casesDE — 315 casesDC — 53 casesFL — 1,291 casesGA — 445 casesID — 56 casesIL — 1,272 casesIN — 78 casesIA — 49 casesKS — 73 casesKY — 126 casesLA — 1,665 casesME — 30 casesMD — 145 casesMA — 338 casesMI — 95 casesMN — 5,514 casesMS — 603 casesMO — 771 casesMT — 25 casesNE — 108 casesNV — 104 casesNH — 14 casesNJ — 797 casesNM — 49 casesNY — 2,674 casesNC — 227 casesND — 53 casesOH — 456 casesOK — 287 casesOR — 56 casesPA — 28,887 casesRI — 9 casesSC — 3,421 casesSD — 11 casesTN — 191 casesTX — 6,010 casesUT — 236 casesVT — 16 casesVA — 222 casesWA — 492 casesWV — 1,234 casesWI — 62 casesWY — 5 cases
AK · 6HI · 7PR · 74

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 17,362 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractPatentFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability67,218
Civil Rights476
Contract431
Patent402
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions240
Labor208

Where Filed

  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania28,820
  • District Court, E.D. Arkansas6,399
  • District Court, D. Minnesota5,514
  • District Court, N.D. Alabama3,983
  • District Court, D. South Carolina3,421

Entities in This Family

69,764 Cases — Newest First