Party
Dow Corning
Federal civil lawsuits naming Dow Corning.
In this index, 7,310 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Dow Corning, most often as a defendant (7,309 of 7,310). 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 1991 and 2012, most frequently in District Court, N.D. Alabama.
7,310
Lawsuits
7,309
As Defendant
1
As Plaintiff
0
Open
7,310
Terminated
1991–2012
Span
3.0 yr
Median Duration
7,299 of these cases (100%) 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.
332 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases100% Product LiabilityNo filings since 2012
Cases by State
Open Cases Over Time
1991peak 5,833 open2012
Case Types Over Time
19912012
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsLabor
Filings by Year
19912012