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Company

Zimmer, Inc

Federal civil lawsuits naming Zimmer, Inc.

In this index, 4,003 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Zimmer, Inc, most often as a defendant (3,972 of 4,003). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2023, most frequently in District Court, N.D. Illinois. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

4,003
Lawsuits
3,972
As Defendant
31
As Plaintiff
141
Open
3,862
Terminated
1990–2023
Span
10 mo
Median Duration
3,711 of these cases (93%) 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.
118 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 99%Product Liability-heavy · 93%No filings since 2023

Cases by State

AL — 35 casesAZ — 3 casesAR — 9 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 17 casesDE — 3 casesDC — 2 casesFL — 69 casesGA — 21 casesID — 19 casesIL — 1,510 casesIN — 169 casesIA — 14 casesKS — 9 casesKY — 22 casesLA — 58 casesME — 16 casesMD — 10 casesMA — 23 casesMI — 78 casesMN — 127 casesMS — 9 casesMO — 126 casesMT — 2 casesNE — 5 casesNV — 14 casesNH — 6 casesNJ — 532 casesNM — 4 casesNY — 326 casesNC — 23 casesND — 9 casesOH — 232 casesOK — 16 casesOR — 6 casesPA — 210 casesRI — 2 casesSC — 32 casesSD — 9 casesTN — 16 casesTX — 104 casesUT — 4 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 12 casesWA — 20 casesWV — 6 casesWI — 23 casesWY — 5 cases
AK · 17HI · 4PR · 2

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 1,303 open2023

Case Types Over Time

19902023
Product LiabilityContractReal PropertyFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsPatent

Filings by Year

19902023

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Product Liability3,711
Contract134
Real Property49
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions29
Patent27
Civil Rights26

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27 Cases — Newest First