Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

Pfizer — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Pfizer corporate family — 74,887 cases naming any of its 7 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.

74,887
Lawsuits
74,309
As Defendant
578
As Plaintiff
1,151
Open
73,736
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
72,132 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.
2024 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases96% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 4,222 casesAZ — 92 casesAR — 6,488 casesCA — 5,053 casesCO — 218 casesCT — 85 casesDE — 315 casesDC — 53 casesFL — 1,296 casesGA — 445 casesID — 56 casesIL — 1,277 casesIN — 78 casesIA — 50 casesKS — 73 casesKY — 126 casesLA — 1,666 casesME — 30 casesMD — 145 casesMA — 338 casesMI — 95 casesMN — 5,515 casesMS — 603 casesMO — 772 casesMT — 25 casesNE — 108 casesNV — 151 casesNH — 14 casesNJ — 797 casesNM — 49 casesNY — 2,675 casesNC — 227 casesND — 53 casesOH — 460 casesOK — 287 casesOR — 56 casesPA — 28,888 casesRI — 9 casesSC — 3,421 casesSD — 11 casesTN — 192 casesTX — 6,011 casesUT — 236 casesVT — 16 casesVA — 222 casesWA — 492 casesWV — 1,234 casesWI — 63 casesWY — 5 cases
AK · 6HI · 7PR · 74

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 17,499 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractPatentFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability72,132
Civil Rights509
Contract462
Patent422
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions270
Labor228

Where Filed

  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania28,821
  • District Court, E.D. Arkansas6,399
  • District Court, D. Minnesota5,515
  • District Court, N.D. Alabama3,983
  • District Court, D. South Carolina3,421

Entities in This Family

74,887 Cases — Newest First