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Company

American Medical Systems, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming American Medical Systems, Inc.

In this index, 19,487 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as American Medical Systems, Inc, most often as a defendant (19,482 of 19,487). 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 1991 and 2022, most frequently in District Court, S.D. West Virginia. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

19,487
Lawsuits
19,482
As Defendant
5
As Plaintiff
1
Open
19,486
Terminated
1991–2022
Span
2.3 yr
Median Duration
19,459 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.
609 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 100%No filings since 2022

Cases by State

AL — 20 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 2 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 13 casesDE — 28 casesDC — 2 casesFL — 24 casesGA — 28 casesID — 12 casesIL — 14 casesIN — 11 casesIA — 15 casesKS — 8 casesKY — 18 casesLA — 71 casesME — 2 casesMD — 22 casesMA — 5 casesMI — 11 casesMN — 320 casesMS — 6 casesMO — 86 casesMT — 3 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 3 casesNH — 1 casesNJ — 6 casesNM — 2 casesNY — 13 casesNC — 12 casesND — 0 casesOH — 10 casesOK — 12 casesOR — 1 casesPA — 35 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 5 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 32 casesTX — 68 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 2 casesWA — 7 casesWV — 18,544 casesWI — 2 casesWY — 0 cases
PR · 1

Open Cases Over Time

1991peak 16,744 open2022

Case Types Over Time

19912022
Product LiabilityContractPatentReal PropertyCivil Rights

Filings by Year

19912022

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Product Liability19,459
Contract11
Patent6
Real Property5
Civil Rights3
Copyright1

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Clustered litigation · MDL 19,459 Product Liability member cases 100% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 19,459 member cases →

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