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Company · Medical Devices & Equipment

Medtronic Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Medtronic Inc, a Medical Devices & Equipment company.

Public CompanyMedical Devices & Equipment
Ticker
NYSE: MDT
Business
Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus
Headquarters
Galway
SEC CIK
1613103

Medtronic Inc is a public company in Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus, based in Galway (traded on NYSE as MDT). It appears in 3,737 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (3,680 of 3,737). These cases are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2025, most frequently in District Court, D. Minnesota. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement. Frequent opposing parties include Jones, Smith, and Taylor.

3,737
Lawsuits
3,680
As Defendant
57
As Plaintiff
14
Open
3,723
Terminated
1990–2025
Span
12 mo
Median Duration
3,389 of these cases (91%) 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.
104 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 98%Product Liability-heavy · 91%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 33 casesAZ — 22 casesAR — 11 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 12 casesCT — 13 casesDE — 17 casesDC — 22 casesFL — 178 casesGA — 22 casesID — 5 casesIL — 69 casesIN — 42 casesIA — 17 casesKS — 12 casesKY — 50 casesLA — 115 casesME — 1 casesMD — 80 casesMA — 28 casesMI — 22 casesMN — 1,946 casesMS — 24 casesMO — 62 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 1 casesNV — 11 casesNH — 2 casesNJ — 55 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 145 casesNC — 7 casesND — 3 casesOH — 82 casesOK — 32 casesOR — 17 casesPA — 58 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 21 casesSD — 3 casesTN — 137 casesTX — 256 casesUT — 13 casesVT — 1 casesVA — 13 casesWA — 7 casesWV — 18 casesWI — 16 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 2HI · 5PR · 28

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 1,135 open2025

Case Types Over Time

19902025
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsPatentLabor

Filings by Year

19902025

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Product Liability3,389
Contract78
Civil Rights74
Patent70
Labor33
Real Property25

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Filtered Labor Clear

33 Cases — Newest First