Judge

Judge Joan N. Ericksen

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Joan N. Ericksen.

Judge Joan N. Ericksen has 9,469 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1996 and 2026, most often Product Liability and Labor matters. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Employment.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by: President George W. Bush
Confirmed: 04/25/2002
Status: Active
Confirmation vote: 99–0
Born: 1954 · St. Paul, MN

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

9,469

Lawsuits

Open

9,420

Terminated

1996–2026

Span

6,819 of these cases (72%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

Open Cases Over Time

1996peak 4,848 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19962026

Product LiabilityLaborCivil RightsContractRICO / Consumer / Other Statutes

Filings by Year

19962026

Case Types

Product Liability6,819

Labor609

Civil Rights529

Contract415

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes352

Personal Property / Fraud306

Where Filed

District Court, D. Minnesota9,469

Clustered litigation · MDL 6,819 Product Liability member cases 72% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation and managed together before this judge — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 6,819 member cases →

2,650 Other Cases — Newest First

Fairbanks v. Twisted Mechanical LLC

Labor Open District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:23-cv-02407Filed 08/09/2023
Westfield Insurance Company v. Water Gremlin Company

Contract Open District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:23-cv-02178Filed 07/20/2023
Houle v. City of Duluth

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:23-cv-00528Filed 03/05/2023
Minnesota Life Insurance Company v. Shurwest Holding Company, Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:21-cv-01603Filed 07/12/2021
Weisen v. Northern Tier Retail LLC

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:20-cv-01968Filed 09/15/2020
Weisen v. Northern Tier Retail LLC

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:20-cv-01967Filed 09/15/2020
Weisen v. Northern Tier Retail LLC

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02884Filed 11/12/2019
Restuccio v. The Prudential Insurance Company of America

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02705Filed 10/14/2019
United HealthCare Services, Inc v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc

Antitrust Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02696Filed 10/11/2019
Seow v. Miyabi Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02692Filed 10/11/2019
United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 663 v. United States Department of Agriculture

Federal Tax / Statutory Actions Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02660Filed 10/07/2019
Connors v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, The

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02658Filed 10/05/2019
Weisen v. Northern Tier Retail LLC

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02624Filed 10/01/2019
Jenkins v. Life Insurance Company of North America

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02606Filed 09/27/2019
Harvard Maintenance, Inc v. Dw Jade LLC

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02587Filed 09/25/2019
Pension Committee of the Major League Baseball Players Pension Plan v. Quilici

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02539Filed 09/17/2019
Blessing v. Delta Family-Care Disability and Survivorship Plan

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02528Filed 09/16/2019
Freeman v. Collection Center Inc

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02513Filed 09/12/2019
Mackey v. Prime Construction Solutions, LLC

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02475Filed 09/09/2019
Gatlin v. Experian Information Solutions Inc

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02440Filed 09/06/2019
Marquette Commercial Finance v. Wortley

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02454Filed 09/06/2019
Patt v. Minnesota Street Works, Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02430Filed 09/05/2019
Robinson v. Esa Management, LLC

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02425Filed 09/04/2019
Sorensen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02375Filed 08/29/2019
Smingler v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02351Filed 08/26/2019
Jackson v. Apple Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02349Filed 08/26/2019
Angela Stevens v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A

Federal Tax / Statutory Actions Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02285Filed 08/16/2019
Mattson v. Standard Insurance Company

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02217Filed 08/12/2019
Rajan v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02166Filed 08/08/2019
Lundberg v. Sid Harvey Industries, Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02112Filed 08/05/2019
Mohr v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, The

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-02075Filed 08/01/2019
City of North St. Paul, Minnesota v. Purdue Pharma L.P

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01995Filed 07/29/2019
McKenna v. Saint Paul Public Schools, I.S.D. 625

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01944Filed 07/24/2019
Kuchar v. Burnsville City Hall

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01941Filed 07/23/2019
Patterson Dental Supply, Inc v. Pace

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01940Filed 07/23/2019
Burns v. Keuppers, Kronschnabel, & Skrypek, P.A

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01939Filed 07/23/2019
Levenhagen v. Experian Information Solution, Inc

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01884Filed 07/17/2019
Freeborn County, Minnesota v. Purdue Pharma L.P

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01850Filed 07/15/2019
Brooks v. Brooks

Real Property Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01857Filed 07/15/2019
Sorensen v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01840Filed 07/12/2019
Johnson v. Gassen Company Inc

RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01831Filed 07/12/2019
Mackey v. Pride Cleanup, LLC

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01809Filed 07/10/2019
Kulak v. Wabash National Corporation

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01789Filed 07/09/2019
Pederson v. Frost

Securities / Commodities Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01777Filed 07/08/2019
Secura Insurance, a Mutual Company v. Claas of America, Inc

Personal Property / Fraud Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01767Filed 07/03/2019
Second Richfield Motors, LLC v. Kia Motors America, Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01755Filed 07/02/2019
Mackey v. Central Landscaping, Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01759Filed 07/02/2019
H.J. Development, Inc v. Continental Western Insurance Company

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01743Filed 07/01/2019
United States Ex Rel v. Aitkin County Health and Human Services

Other Civil Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01712Filed 06/28/2019
Larson Systems, Inc v. Selective Insurance Company of the Southeast

Contract Terminated District Court, D. MinnesotaNo. 0:19-cv-01691Filed 06/27/2019

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