Asbestos personal injury - Prod. Liab.
Federal civil · Torts · 360,003 cases filed and closed (1988–present).
360,003
Cases filed
99.4%
Ended before a merits judgment
357,732 of 360,003 cases
62.2%
Plaintiff win
of 2,271 merits judgments
26.4%
Defendant win
of merits judgments
How they closed
- Settled48.9%
- Transferred24.9%
- Dismissed17.7%
- Remanded7.8%
- Plaintiff win0.4%
- Defendant win0.2%
- Other0.1%
- Mixed0%
- Decided — other0%
- Denied0%
- Affirmed0%
Where you file matters
The same claim resolves differently across districts. Plaintiff-win rate among merits judgments, busiest courts first.
- District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania203,696 cases · 102 decided20.6%
- District Court, N.D. Ohio58,808 cases · 65 decided92.3%
- District Court, E.D. Virginia16,667 cases · 823 decided97.8%
- District Court, E.D. Texas10,379 cases · 192 decided85.4%
- District Court, S.D. Mississippi5,084 cases · 7 decided—
- District Court, D. Massachusetts4,666 cases · 55 decided10.9%
- District Court, S.D. New York4,289 cases · 47 decided31.9%
- District Court, S.D. Georgia3,854 cases · 19 decided—
- District Court, N.D. California2,873 cases · 82 decided31.7%
- District Court, D. South Carolina2,836 cases · 20 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Texas2,675 cases · 9 decided—
- District Court, D. Maryland2,246 cases · 55 decided27.3%
- District Court, S.D. Illinois2,010 cases · 3 decided—
- District Court, D. Connecticut1,900 cases · 14 decided—
- District Court, D. Hawaii1,819 cases · 22 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Texas1,629 cases · 39 decided23.1%
- District Court, E.D. Louisiana1,574 cases · 34 decided14.7%
- District Court, E.D. New York1,548 cases · 35 decided91.4%
- District Court, S.D. West Virginia1,503 cases · 27 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Indiana1,447 cases · 6 decided—
- District Court, W.D. North Carolina1,425 cases · 7 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Illinois1,421 cases · 19 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Indiana1,183 cases · 4 decided—
- District Court, D. New Jersey1,155 cases · 25 decided—
- District Court, S.D. Iowa1,006 cases · 11 decided—
- District Court, C.D. Illinois898 cases · 6 decided—
- District Court, E.D. North Carolina823 cases · 25 decided—
- District Court, N.D. Georgia813 cases · 46 decided32.6%
- District Court, M.D. Florida764 cases · 8 decided—
- District Court, N.D. New York752 cases · 4 decided—
Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.