Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Company

Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

In this index, 20,424 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc, most often as a defendant (20,417 of 20,424). 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 1996 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, N.D. Ohio. The most common causes of action are Product Liability and Personal Injury.

Also recorded in dockets as: Depuy Orthopedics Inc · Depuy Orthopaedic Inc · Depuy Orthopaedics · Depuy Orthapedics Inc · Depuy Orthopaedics Incorporated · Depuy Orthpaedics Inc.

Corporate Family Part of the Johnson & Johnson family — 132,731 cases across 16 affiliated entities.
20,424
Lawsuits
20,417
As Defendant
7
As Plaintiff
523
Open
19,901
Terminated
1996–2026
Span
3.8 yr
Median Duration
19,893 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.
659 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases97% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 79 casesAZ — 18 casesAR — 6 casesCA — 627 casesCO — 20 casesCT — 34 casesDE — 4 casesDC — 8 casesFL — 78 casesGA — 42 casesID — 5 casesIL — 89 casesIN — 143 casesIA — 4 casesKS — 6 casesKY — 78 casesLA — 184 casesME — 18 casesMD — 35 casesMA — 36 casesMI — 31 casesMN — 107 casesMS — 40 casesMO — 55 casesMT — 32 casesNE — 4 casesNV — 4 casesNH — 9 casesNJ — 162 casesNM — 11 casesNY — 247 casesNC — 48 casesND — 0 casesOH — 9,389 casesOK — 39 casesOR — 21 casesPA — 81 casesRI — 6 casesSC — 33 casesSD — 1 casesTN — 39 casesTX — 8,394 casesUT — 10 casesVT — 5 casesVA — 92 casesWA — 16 casesWV — 10 casesWI — 6 casesWY — 2 cases
AK · 4HI · 10PR · 1

Open Cases Over Time

1996peak 12,582 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19962026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsReal PropertyRICO / Consumer / Other Statutes

Filings by Year

19962026

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Product Liability19,893
Contract118
Civil Rights104
Real Property82
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes55
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions52

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Clustered litigation · MDL 19,893 Product Liability member cases 97% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 19,893 member cases →

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