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Company

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.

In this index, 18,941 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc, most often as a defendant (18,939 of 18,941). 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 1997 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, N.D. Ohio. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Negligence.

18,941
Lawsuits
18,939
As Defendant
3
As Plaintiff
502
Open
18,439
Terminated
1997–2026
Span
3.9 yr
Median Duration
18,458 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.
631 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 97%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 76 casesAZ — 1 casesAR — 6 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 14 casesCT — 33 casesDE — 4 casesDC — 6 casesFL — 67 casesGA — 41 casesID — 4 casesIL — 84 casesIN — 136 casesIA — 4 casesKS — 4 casesKY — 75 casesLA — 176 casesME — 16 casesMD — 35 casesMA — 34 casesMI — 27 casesMN — 106 casesMS — 39 casesMO — 52 casesMT — 28 casesNE — 4 casesNV — 4 casesNH — 7 casesNJ — 154 casesNM — 10 casesNY — 230 casesNC — 46 casesND — 0 casesOH — 8,874 casesOK — 39 casesOR — 19 casesPA — 24 casesRI — 6 casesSC — 32 casesSD — 1 casesTN — 37 casesTX — 8,255 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 4 casesVA — 83 casesWA — 12 casesWV — 10 casesWI — 6 casesWY — 2 cases
AK · 3HI · 10PR · 1

Open Cases Over Time

1997peak 12,073 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19972026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsReal PropertyRICO / Consumer / Other Statutes

Filings by Year

19972026

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Product Liability18,458
Contract107
Civil Rights94
Real Property76
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes55
Other Civil49

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Clustered litigation · MDL 18,458 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 18,458 member cases →

483 Other Cases — Newest First

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