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Pfizer Inc

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

Public CompanyPharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Ticker: NYSE: PFE
Business: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters: New York, NY
Incorporated in: Delaware
SEC CIK: 78003

Pfizer Inc is a public company in Pharmaceutical Preparations, based in New York, NY (traded on NYSE as PFE, incorporated in Delaware). It appears in 15,575 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (15,152 of 15,575). These cases are most often Product Liability and Patent matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, D. South Carolina. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

Also recorded in dockets as: Pfizer · Pfizer Inc Parke-Davis · Pfizer Hospital Prod · Pfizer Hospital · Pfizer Hosp Prod Grp · Pfizer Pharmacia and Upjohn Company.

Corporate Family Part of the Pfizer family — 74,827 cases across 7 affiliated entities.

15,575

Lawsuits

15,152

As Defendant

423

As Plaintiff

327

Open

15,248

Terminated

1990–2026

Span

22 mo

Median Duration

14,265 of these cases (92%) 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.

421 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 97% of cases92% Product LiabilityRecent filings down

Cases by State

HI · 2PR · 13

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 4,022 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026

Product LiabilityPatentCivil RightsContractAntitrust

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability14,265

Federal Tax / Statutory Actions107

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Clustered litigation · MDL 14,265 Product Liability member cases 92% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 14,265 member cases →

1,310 Other Cases — Newest First

Pfizer Inc v. Mylan Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, N.D. West VirginiaNo. 1:09-cv-00079Filed 06/15/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Mylan Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00441Filed 06/15/2009
Adair v. Pfizer Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. South CarolinaNo. 3:09-cv-01466Filed 06/04/2009
Adamu v. Pfizer Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, D. ConnecticutNo. 3:09-cv-00778Filed 05/12/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Alphapharm Pty. Ltd

Patent Terminated District Court, N.D. West VirginiaNo. 1:09-cv-00056Filed 04/30/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Lupin Ltd

Patent Terminated District Court, D. MarylandNo. 1:09-cv-01113Filed 04/30/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Wockhardt Limited

Patent Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 3:09-cv-02069Filed 04/30/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Sun Pharma Global Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 3:09-cv-02070Filed 04/30/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Sandoz Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 3:09-cv-02052Filed 04/30/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Cobalt Laboratories Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00315Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Sun Pharma Global Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00313Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00311Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Sandoz Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00310Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Alphapharm Pty Ltd

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00308Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Lupin Ltd

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00309Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00307Filed 04/29/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Wockhardt Limited

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:09-cv-00312Filed 04/29/2009
Bender v. Pfizer, Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, S.D. New YorkNo. 1:09-cv-02500Filed 03/18/2009
Kirkpatrick v. Pfizer Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, W.D. OklahomaNo. 5:09-cv-00092Filed 01/21/2009
Pfizer Inc v. WWW.1MEDS.COM

Trademark Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 2:09-cv-00179Filed 01/13/2009
Schiele v. Pfizer, Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 2:09-cv-00084Filed 01/08/2009
Pfizer Inc v. Apotex Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, N.D. IllinoisNo. 1:08-cv-07231Filed 12/17/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Apotex Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:08-cv-00948Filed 12/17/2008
Mclaughlin v. Pfizer Inc

Real Property Terminated District Court, S.D. IndianaFiled 12/16/2008
Bradley v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, N.D. GeorgiaNo. 1:08-cv-03437Filed 11/07/2008
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama v. Pfizer, Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, N.D. AlabamaNo. 2:08-cv-01926Filed 10/17/2008
Bolton v. Pfizer, Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, N.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-01069Filed 10/07/2008
Jenkins v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, W.D. MissouriNo. 4:08-cv-00735Filed 10/01/2008
Green v. Pfizer Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. ConnecticutNo. 3:08-cv-01515Filed 10/01/2008
Sloan v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, S.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-08236Filed 09/25/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Sachs

Trademark Terminated District Court, S.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-08065Filed 09/18/2008
Bir v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, W.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-00675Filed 09/11/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Impax Laboratories, Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 2:08-cv-04356Filed 08/29/2008
Cartwright v. Pfizer Inc

Labor Terminated District Court, D. ConnecticutNo. 3:08-cv-01177Filed 08/04/2008
Kendrick v. Pfizer, Inc

Other Civil Terminated District Court, S.D. MississippiNo. 3:08-cv-00462Filed 07/25/2008
Junguzza v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, E.D. PennsylvaniaNo. 2:08-cv-03183Filed 07/08/2008
Forcier v. Pfizer, Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, M.D. FloridaNo. 6:08-cv-00860Filed 05/29/2008
West v. Pfizer Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, W.D. WashingtonNo. 2:08-cv-00696Filed 05/02/2008
Welborn v. Pfizer Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, W.D. OklahomaNo. 5:08-cv-00439Filed 04/25/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:08-cv-00237Filed 04/25/2008
Dembinski v. Pfizer Inc

Civil Rights Terminated District Court, D. ConnecticutNo. 3:08-cv-00541Filed 04/11/2008
Waites v. Pfizer, Inc

Federal Tax / Statutory Actions Terminated District Court, S.D. MississippiNo. 3:08-cv-00223Filed 04/07/2008
Reed v. Pfizer Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, S.D. MississippiNo. 3:08-cv-00221Filed 04/07/2008
Bandaries v. Pfizer Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, S.D. MississippiNo. 3:08-cv-00222Filed 04/07/2008
Pfizer, Inc v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc

Federal Tax / Statutory Actions Terminated District Court, D. New JerseyNo. 2:08-cv-01577Filed 03/31/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:08-cv-00164Filed 03/24/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

Patent Terminated District Court, D. DelawareNo. 1:08-cv-00162Filed 03/24/2008
Lapaglia v. Pfizer Inc

Contract Terminated District Court, E.D. ArkansasNo. 4:08-cv-00216Filed 03/19/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Impax Laboratories, Inc

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-02177Filed 03/04/2008
Pfizer Inc v. Gelfand

Patent Terminated District Court, S.D. New YorkNo. 1:08-cv-02018Filed 02/28/2008

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