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Party · Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Johnson & Johnson

Federal civil lawsuits naming Johnson & Johnson, a Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology company.

Public CompanyPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Ticker
NYSE: JNJ
Business
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
New Brunswick, NJ
Incorporated in
New Jersey
SEC CIK
200406

Johnson & Johnson is a public company in Pharmaceutical Preparations, based in New Brunswick, NJ (traded on NYSE as JNJ, incorporated in New Jersey). It appears in 29,617 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (29,555 of 29,617). These cases are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, D. New Jersey.

29,617
Lawsuits
29,555
As Defendant
66
As Plaintiff
18,279
Open
11,338
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
11 mo
Median Duration
29,096 of these cases (98%) 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.
800 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 98%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 190 casesAZ — 20 casesAR — 26 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 16 casesCT — 33 casesDE — 28 casesDC — 1,043 casesFL — 214 casesGA — 552 casesID — 4 casesIL — 202 casesIN — 34 casesIA — 26 casesKS — 28 casesKY — 56 casesLA — 563 casesME — 37 casesMD — 69 casesMA — 65 casesMI — 21 casesMN — 2,597 casesMS — 103 casesMO — 163 casesMT — 7 casesNE — 4 casesNV — 6 casesNH — 7 casesNJ — 19,343 casesNM — 26 casesNY — 602 casesNC — 91 casesND — 3 casesOH — 1,369 casesOK — 45 casesOR — 12 casesPA — 426 casesRI — 67 casesSC — 56 casesSD — 5 casesTN — 96 casesTX — 394 casesUT — 23 casesVT — 7 casesVA — 40 casesWA — 38 casesWV — 806 casesWI — 25 casesWY — 3 cases
HI · 1PR · 28

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 18,481 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsLaborReal Property

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability29,096
Contract104
Civil Rights84
Labor61
Real Property55
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions49

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