Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

Forbes

Federal civil lawsuits naming Forbes.

In this index, 524 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Forbes, most often as a plaintiff (436 of 524). 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, E.D. Pennsylvania. Frequent opposing parties include 3M Company, United States, and Johnson & Johnson.

524
Lawsuits
88
As Defendant
436
As Plaintiff
25
Open
499
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
8 mo
Median Duration
14 cases/yrNamed as plaintiff in 83% of casesRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 14 casesAZ — 5 casesAR — 6 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 4 casesCT — 8 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 6 casesFL — 59 casesGA — 24 casesID — 1 casesIL — 18 casesIN — 8 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 2 casesKY — 5 casesLA — 22 casesME — 1 casesMD — 7 casesMA — 12 casesMI — 8 casesMN — 13 casesMS — 7 casesMO — 9 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 1 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 2 casesNJ — 24 casesNM — 1 casesNY — 48 casesNC — 4 casesND — 1 casesOH — 20 casesOK — 5 casesOR — 9 casesPA — 58 casesRI — 1 casesSC — 9 casesSD — 3 casesTN — 4 casesTX — 25 casesUT — 2 casesVT — 1 casesVA — 18 casesWA — 7 casesWV — 30 casesWI — 3 casesWY — 2 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 26 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsLabor

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability165
Civil Rights122
Contract70
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions44
Labor34
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes32

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Filtered Labor Clear

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