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Boston Scientific Corporation

Federal civil lawsuits naming Boston Scientific Corporation, a Medical Devices & Equipment company.

Public CompanyMedical Devices & Equipment
Ticker
NYSE: BSX
Business
Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus
Headquarters
Marlborough, MA
Incorporated in
Delaware
SEC CIK
885725

Boston Scientific Corporation is a public company in Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus, based in Marlborough, MA (traded on NYSE as BSX, incorporated in Delaware). It appears in 28,301 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (28,244 of 28,301). These cases are most often Product Liability and Patent matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. West Virginia. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Patent Infringement, and Personal Injury.

28,301
Lawsuits
28,244
As Defendant
57
As Plaintiff
26
Open
28,275
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
3.6 yr
Median Duration
28,026 of these cases (99%) 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.
765 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 99%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 59 casesAZ — 44 casesAR — 15 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 8 casesCT — 3 casesDE — 39 casesDC — 5 casesFL — 82 casesGA — 38 casesID — 6 casesIL — 37 casesIN — 27 casesIA — 2 casesKS — 12 casesKY — 51 casesLA — 55 casesME — 2 casesMD — 604 casesMA — 404 casesMI — 11 casesMN — 244 casesMS — 8 casesMO — 104 casesMT — 2 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 3 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 77 casesNM — 4 casesNY — 54 casesNC — 37 casesND — 0 casesOH — 48 casesOK — 31 casesOR — 7 casesPA — 507 casesRI — 10 casesSC — 29 casesSD — 18 casesTN — 133 casesTX — 86 casesUT — 33 casesVT — 2 casesVA — 6 casesWA — 9 casesWV — 25,330 casesWI — 8 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 1PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 19,840 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityPatentContractCivil RightsReal Property

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability28,026
Patent90
Contract54
Civil Rights33
Real Property21
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions19

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28,026 Product Liability Member Cases

Large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (99% of the full caseload).

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