Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

Zimmer Biomet — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the Zimmer Biomet corporate family — 8,870 cases naming any of its 6 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.

8,870
Lawsuits
8,789
As Defendant
81
As Plaintiff
198
Open
8,672
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
8,143 of these cases (92%) 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.
240 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases92% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 58 casesAZ — 44 casesAR — 23 casesCA — 265 casesCO — 29 casesCT — 24 casesDE — 12 casesDC — 8 casesFL — 142 casesGA — 57 casesID — 23 casesIL — 1,626 casesIN — 3,006 casesIA — 21 casesKS — 19 casesKY — 38 casesLA — 94 casesME — 27 casesMD — 21 casesMA — 40 casesMI — 114 casesMN — 157 casesMS — 19 casesMO — 178 casesMT — 6 casesNE — 8 casesNV — 23 casesNH — 8 casesNJ — 1,106 casesNM — 10 casesNY — 478 casesNC — 43 casesND — 13 casesOH — 317 casesOK — 55 casesOR — 20 casesPA — 250 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 73 casesSD — 11 casesTN — 37 casesTX — 193 casesUT — 22 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 24 casesWA — 37 casesWV — 11 casesWI — 38 casesWY — 9 cases
AK · 20HI · 5PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 3,483 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsReal PropertyPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability8,143
Contract232
Civil Rights164
Real Property77
Patent76
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions64

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. Indiana2,988
  • District Court, N.D. Illinois1,592
  • District Court, D. New Jersey1,106
  • District Court, S.D. New York285
  • District Court, N.D. Ohio205

Entities in This Family

8,870 Cases — Newest First