Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Company · Medical Devices & Equipment

Becton Dickinson and Company

Federal civil lawsuits naming Becton Dickinson and Company, a Medical Devices & Equipment company.

Ticker
NYSE: BDX
Business
Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
Headquarters
Franklin Lakes, NJ
Incorporated in
New Jersey
SEC CIK
10795

Becton Dickinson and Company is a public company in Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus, based in Franklin Lakes, NJ (traded on NYSE as BDX, incorporated in New Jersey). It appears in 301 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (270 of 301). These cases are most often Product Liability and Patent matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, D. New Jersey. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Patent Infringement, and Personal Injury. Frequent opposing parties include Becton Dickinson, Retractable Technologies Inc, and Johnson.

301
Lawsuits
270
As Defendant
45
As Plaintiff
47
Open
254
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
11 mo
Median Duration
8.1 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 90%Product Liability-heavy · 42%Activity rising

Cases by State

AL — 1 casesAZ — 42 casesAR — 1 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 4 casesCT — 4 casesDE — 11 casesDC — 2 casesFL — 6 casesGA — 8 casesID — 0 casesIL — 13 casesIN — 5 casesIA — 2 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 5 casesME — 2 casesMD — 18 casesMA — 7 casesMI — 6 casesMN — 2 casesMS — 2 casesMO — 7 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 2 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 54 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 17 casesNC — 12 casesND — 0 casesOH — 15 casesOK — 2 casesOR — 1 casesPA — 16 casesRI — 1 casesSC — 3 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 4 casesTX — 17 casesUT — 6 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 2 casesWA — 2 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 3 casesWY — 0 cases
HI · 1PR · 7

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 55 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityPatentCivil RightsContractAntitrust

Filings by Year

19902026

301 Cases — Newest First

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