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Company

Dow Chemical Company

Federal civil lawsuits naming Dow Chemical Company.

In this index, 3,042 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Dow Chemical Company, most often as a defendant (2,981 of 3,042). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. Texas. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Patent Infringement, and RICO. Frequent opposing parties include Davis, Smith, and Jones.

3,042
Lawsuits
2,981
As Defendant
62
As Plaintiff
4
Open
3,038
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
7 mo
Median Duration
2,832 of these cases (93%) 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.
82 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 98%Product Liability-heavy · 93%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 43 casesAZ — 4 casesAR — 7 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 27 casesCT — 2 casesDE — 13 casesDC — 12 casesFL — 18 casesGA — 14 casesID — 0 casesIL — 7 casesIN — 10 casesIA — 1 casesKS — 2 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 43 casesME — 2 casesMD — 25 casesMA — 4 casesMI — 19 casesMN — 3 casesMS — 22 casesMO — 16 casesMT — 7 casesNE — 3 casesNV — 2 casesNH — 2 casesNJ — 20 casesNM — 2 casesNY — 30 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 7 casesOK — 9 casesOR — 4 casesPA — 27 casesRI — 10 casesSC — 3 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 9 casesTX — 2,547 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 27 casesWA — 8 casesWV — 23 casesWI — 2 casesWY — 2 cases
HI · 3PR · 2

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 2,276 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractPatentFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability2,832
Civil Rights53
Contract48
Patent33
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions20
Personal Property / Fraud16

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Clustered litigation · MDL 2,832 Product Liability member cases 93% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 2,832 member cases →

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