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GlaxoSmithKline LLC

Federal civil lawsuits naming GlaxoSmithKline LLC.

In this index, 2,924 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as GlaxoSmithKline LLC, most often as a defendant (2,904 of 2,924). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Labor matters, filed between 2001 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Employment. Frequent opposing parties include Johnson, Jones, and Brown.

Also recorded in dockets as: Glaxosmithkline Inc · Glaxosmithkline Corp.

Corporate Family Part of the GlaxoSmithKline family — 12,332 cases across 8 affiliated entities.
2,924
Lawsuits
2,904
As Defendant
20
As Plaintiff
6
Open
2,918
Terminated
2001–2026
Span
15 mo
Median Duration
112 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases95% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 124 casesAZ — 2 casesAR — 1 casesCA — 83 casesCO — 2 casesCT — 1 casesDE — 20 casesDC — 7 casesFL — 83 casesGA — 6 casesID — 3 casesIL — 13 casesIN — 2 casesIA — 1 casesKS — 7 casesKY — 10 casesLA — 27 casesME — 0 casesMD — 22 casesMA — 638 casesMI — 1 casesMN — 55 casesMS — 17 casesMO — 16 casesMT — 2 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 1 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 14 casesNM — 4 casesNY — 12 casesNC — 59 casesND — 2 casesOH — 13 casesOK — 1 casesOR — 4 casesPA — 1,604 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 3 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 22 casesTX — 18 casesUT — 3 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 2 casesWA — 9 casesWV — 6 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases
PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

2001peak 963 open2026

Case Types Over Time

20012026
Product LiabilityLaborReal PropertyCivil RightsPatent

Filings by Year

20012026

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Product Liability2,782
Labor36
Real Property31
Civil Rights20
Patent16
Contract13

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Corporate History

Related company names from the public corporate record. Cases are not transferred between these entities — each case remains filed against the company named on its docket, and the counts on each page reflect only that company.

  • GlaxoSmithKline LLC was formed in part from Glaxo Wellcome Inc in 2000
    public corporate record: Glaxo Wellcome / SmithKline Beecham merger forming GlaxoSmithKline
  • GlaxoSmithKline LLC was formed in part from SmithKline Beecham Corporation in 2000
    public corporate record: Glaxo Wellcome / SmithKline Beecham merger forming GlaxoSmithKline
    SmithKline Beecham Corporation remains the larger hub by case count, because most legacy product-liability litigation was filed against it under that name.
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