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Company

Ethicon, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Ethicon, Inc.

In this index, 41,342 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Ethicon, Inc, most often as a defendant (41,325 of 41,342). 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. West Virginia. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

41,342
Lawsuits
41,325
As Defendant
17
As Plaintiff
2,111
Open
39,231
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
4.1 yr
Median Duration
41,230 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.
1117 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 100%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 17 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 8 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 6 casesDE — 2 casesDC — 1 casesFL — 80 casesGA — 2,610 casesID — 2 casesIL — 53 casesIN — 16 casesIA — 3 casesKS — 59 casesKY — 58 casesLA — 44 casesME — 19 casesMD — 32 casesMA — 16 casesMI — 18 casesMN — 88 casesMS — 5 casesMO — 139 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 1 casesNV — 2 casesNH — 5 casesNJ — 57 casesNM — 4 casesNY — 61 casesNC — 11 casesND — 0 casesOH — 43 casesOK — 11 casesOR — 17 casesPA — 480 casesRI — 5 casesSC — 15 casesSD — 4 casesTN — 63 casesTX — 129 casesUT — 3 casesVT — 2 casesVA — 11 casesWA — 9 casesWV — 37,104 casesWI — 11 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 2PR · 4

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 32,805 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractReal PropertyFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability41,230
Civil Rights29
Contract23
Real Property16
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions15
Labor9

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Filtered Civil Rights Clear

29 Cases — Newest First