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Industrial Machinery & Equipment — Lawsuits

The 11,878 Industrial Machinery & Equipment lawsuits in this index are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2026. The most common causes of action are Patent Infringement, Product Liability, and Breach of Contract.

Makers of industrial machinery, engines, and heavy equipment. Federal cases often involve patent, contract, product-liability, and warranty disputes.

11,878
Lawsuits
162
Open
11,716
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
7,501 of these cases (63%) are Product Liability filings — overwhelmingly mass-tort and multidistrict-litigation (MDL) cases spread across many defendants and consolidated proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 89 casesAZ — 46 casesAR — 69 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 45 casesCT — 76 casesDE — 67 casesDC — 25 casesFL — 177 casesGA — 151 casesID — 12 casesIL — 500 casesIN — 106 casesIA — 148 casesKS — 61 casesKY — 81 casesLA — 162 casesME — 12 casesMD — 55 casesMA — 90 casesMI — 259 casesMN — 178 casesMS — 231 casesMO — 100 casesMT — 6 casesNE — 27 casesNV — 22 casesNH — 14 casesNJ — 192 casesNM — 15 casesNY — 278 casesNC — 86 casesND — 24 casesOH — 6,218 casesOK — 146 casesOR — 20 casesPA — 752 casesRI — 11 casesSC — 94 casesSD — 12 casesTN — 121 casesTX — 685 casesUT — 16 casesVT — 10 casesVA — 57 casesWA — 40 casesWV — 38 casesWI — 157 casesWY — 21 cases
AK · 13HI · 7PR · 8

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 2,439 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsLaborPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability7,501
Contract1,282
Civil Rights1,035
Labor567
Patent491
Personal Property / Fraud330

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. Ohio6,178
  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania613
  • District Court, S.D. Texas315
  • District Court, N.D. Illinois252
  • District Court, C.D. Illinois210

Top Companies Sued

Clustered litigation · MDL 7,501 Product Liability cases 63% of this sector's federal caseload is Product Liability — overwhelmingly mass-tort and multidistrict-litigation filings spread across many defendants — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 7,501 Product Liability cases →

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