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Judge Joseph R. Goodwin

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Joseph R. Goodwin.

Judge Joseph R. Goodwin has 102,480 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1993 and 2026, most often Product Liability and Contract matters.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President William Clinton
Confirmed
05/08/1995
Status
Active
Born
1942 · Ripley, WV

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

102,480
Lawsuits
38
Open
102,442
Terminated
1993–2026
Span
100,757 of these cases (98%) 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

AL — 0 casesAZ — 1 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 1 casesFL — 1 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 1 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 0 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 0 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 102,476 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1993peak 71,891 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19932026
Product LiabilityContractLaborCivil RightsFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19932026

Case Types

Product Liability100,757
Contract565
Labor346
Civil Rights310
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions172
Personal Property / Fraud124

Where Filed

  • District Court, S.D. West Virginia102,470
  • District Court, N.D. West Virginia6
  • District Court, S.D. Florida1
  • District Court, N.D. New York1
  • District Court, District of Columbia1
Clustered litigation · MDL 100,757 Product Liability member cases 98% 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 100,757 member cases →

1,723 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 1,723