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Merck & Co. Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Merck & Co. Inc, a Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology company.

Public CompanyPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Ticker
NYSE: MRK
Business
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
Rahway, NJ
Incorporated in
New Jersey
SEC CIK
310158

Merck & Co. Inc is a public company in Pharmaceutical Preparations, based in Rahway, NJ (traded on NYSE as MRK, incorporated in New Jersey). It appears in 25,317 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (25,099 of 25,317). These cases are most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Louisiana. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

Also recorded in dockets as: Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp · Merck Sharp and Dohme · Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation · Merck Sharpe and Dohme Corp · Merck Sharp and Dohme Co · Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC · Merck Sharp and Domhe Corp · Merck Sharp and Dohme Inc.

Corporate Family Part of the Merck & Co family — 25,343 cases across 4 affiliated entities.
25,317
Lawsuits
25,099
As Defendant
218
As Plaintiff
1,431
Open
23,886
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
2.1 yr
Median Duration
24,122 of these cases (95%) 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.
684 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 99% of cases95% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 218 casesAZ — 53 casesAR — 62 casesCA — 1,142 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 30 casesDE — 80 casesDC — 41 casesFL — 753 casesGA — 116 casesID — 57 casesIL — 287 casesIN — 76 casesIA — 38 casesKS — 37 casesKY — 309 casesLA — 10,104 casesME — 9 casesMD — 151 casesMA — 58 casesMI — 17 casesMN — 501 casesMS — 205 casesMO — 487 casesMT — 6 casesNE — 5 casesNV — 50 casesNH — 6 casesNJ — 2,727 casesNM — 44 casesNY — 2,880 casesNC — 105 casesND — 6 casesOH — 508 casesOK — 215 casesOR — 23 casesPA — 2,382 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 124 casesSD — 7 casesTN — 240 casesTX — 636 casesUT — 84 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 65 casesWA — 75 casesWV — 195 casesWI — 28 casesWY — 7 cases
AK · 5HI · 27PR · 21

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 9,499 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsLaborContractPatent

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability24,122
Civil Rights258
Labor160
Contract155
Patent139
Personal Property / Fraud117

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Clustered litigation · MDL 24,122 Product Liability member cases 95% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 24,122 member cases →

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