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Company

Ethicon, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Ethicon, Inc.

In this index, 41,487 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Ethicon, Inc, most often as a defendant (41,466 of 41,487). 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.

Also recorded in dockets as: Ethicon LLC · Ethicon · Ethicon Incorporated.

Corporate Family Part of the Johnson & Johnson family — 131,273 cases across 17 affiliated entities.
41,487
Lawsuits
41,466
As Defendant
21
As Plaintiff
2,122
Open
39,365
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
4.1 yr
Median Duration
41,366 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.
1121 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 100% of cases100% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 18 casesAZ — 11 casesAR — 9 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 7 casesDE — 4 casesDC — 1 casesFL — 81 casesGA — 2,623 casesID — 2 casesIL — 54 casesIN — 16 casesIA — 3 casesKS — 59 casesKY — 58 casesLA — 44 casesME — 20 casesMD — 35 casesMA — 16 casesMI — 19 casesMN — 88 casesMS — 5 casesMO — 139 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 1 casesNV — 2 casesNH — 5 casesNJ — 59 casesNM — 4 casesNY — 63 casesNC — 11 casesND — 0 casesOH — 43 casesOK — 11 casesOR — 18 casesPA — 487 casesRI — 5 casesSC — 15 casesSD — 4 casesTN — 69 casesTX — 131 casesUT — 13 casesVT — 2 casesVA — 11 casesWA — 9 casesWV — 37,182 casesWI — 11 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 2PR · 5

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 32,886 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsReal Property

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability41,366
Civil Rights31
Contract23
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions17
Real Property17
Patent12

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