Party
3M
Federal civil lawsuits naming 3M.
In this index, 5,856 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as 3M, most often as a defendant (5,853 of 5,856). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2025, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.
5,856
Lawsuits
5,853
As Defendant
3
As Plaintiff
7
Open
5,849
Terminated
1990–2025
Span
12 mo
Median Duration
5,833 of these cases (100%) 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.
163 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases100% Product LiabilityRecent filings down
Cases by State
Open Cases Over Time
1990peak 5,021 open2025
Case Types Over Time
19902025
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsAntitrustFederal Tax / Statutory Actions
Filings by Year
19902025