In this index, 8,683 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Davol, Inc, most often as a defendant (8,668 of 8,683). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Real Property matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. Ohio. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.
Also recorded in dockets as:
Davol · Davol Incorporated · Davol Inc C R Bard Inc · Davol Inc and C R Bard Inc · Bard Davol Inc.
Corporate FamilyPart of the Becton Dickinson family
— 41,065 cases across 5 affiliated entities.
8,683
Lawsuits
8,668
As Defendant
15
As Plaintiff
4,393
Open
4,290
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
12 mo
Median Duration
8,464 of these cases (97%) 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.
235 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases97% Product LiabilityRecent filings down
