UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Asbestos Products Liability Litigation
Caseload Statistics
Office of the Clerk of Court
Michael E. Kunz
Clerk of Court
7/31/2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
TRANSFERRED ON 7/29/1991
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
CUMULATIVE TOTALS
CASES CASES CASES
TRANSFERRED TERMINATED PENDING
TO EDPA IN EDPA IN EDPA
8/1/2006 - 10/31/2008 53,794 1,806 AS OF 10/31/08 51,988
11/1/2008 - 12/31/2009 43,929 45,028 AS OF 12/31/09 50,889
1/1/2010 - 7/31/2010 19,536 43,724 AS OF 7/31/10 26,701
TOTAL 117,259 90,558 AS OF 7/31/10 26,701
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
TRANSFERRED ON 7/29/1991
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
CASES CLAIMS CASES CLAIMS CASES ADDED C.T.O.S
TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED TERMINATED TERMINATED TO BANKRUPTCY FILED
TO EDPA TO EDPA IN EDPA NATIONWIDE DOCKET
NOVEMBER 2008 1,020 33,982 2 2,304 2,064 0
DECEMBER 2008 833 * 16,112 12 4,278 143 56
JANUARY 2009 2,461 72,511 0 10,681 358 152
FEBRUARY 2009 1,247 35,222 5,221 216,095 222 542
MARCH 2009 1,884 40,890 1,451 282,683 0 762
APRIL 2009 2,432 51,932 3,183 149,129 695 72
MAY 2009 2,220 71,401 9,738 1,151,139 3,890 46
JUNE 2009 5,111 145,735 2,875 146,093 2,366 53
JULY 2009 4,461 * 114,537 4,583 404,157 4,576 24
AUGUST 2009 5,698 971,937 3,878 60,009 1,022 138
SEPTEMBER 2009 11,721 643,476 2,664 2,474,855 317 0
OCTOBER 2009 2,160 93,632 6,007 435,802 645 92
NOVEMBER 2009 1,162 53,768 3,238 77,986 2,618 53
DECEMBER 2009 1,519 42,651 2,176 155,072 4,187 43
TOTAL
11/1/2008 - 12/31/2009
43,929 2,387,786 45,028 5,570,283 23,103 2,033
* EACH INCLUDE 1 NEW CASE WITH ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
TRANSFERRED ON 7/29/1991
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
LAND CASES
CASES CLAIMS CASES CLAIMS CASES ADDED C.T.O.S
TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED TERMINATED TERMINATED TO BANKRUPTCY FILED
TO EDPA TO EDPA IN EDPA NATIONWIDE DOCKET
JANUARY 2010 425 12,185 2,409 59,644 727 1
FEBRUARY 2010 967 21,427 797 44,821 270 37
MARCH 2010 79 2,370 8,393 647,192 2,309 0
APRIL 2010 4,511 218,523 3,761 235,284 2,415 31
MAY 2010 2,233 * 75,420 9,023 553,430 2,726 62
JUNE 2010 1,498 20,241 14,555 1,071,056 770 0
JULY 2010 175 9,858 2,981 111,232 5,438 34
AUGUST 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
OCTOBER 2010
NOVEMBER 2010
DECEMBER 2010
TOTAL
1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
9,888 360,024 41,919 2,722,659 14,655 165
* INCLUDES 1 NEW CASE WITH ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
TRANSFERRED ON 7/29/1991
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
MARDOC
pre - 512 pre - 0
CASES CLAIMS CASES CLAIMS CASES ADDED C.T.O.S
TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED TERMINATED TERMINATED TO BANKRUPTCY FILED
TO EDPA TO EDPA IN EDPA NATIONWIDE DOCKET
JANUARY 2010 947 93,896 109 11,065 0 0
FEBRUARY 2010 3,763 3,774 47 70,842 1 0
MARCH 2010 2,822 13,191 0 14,545 33 0
APRIL 2010 340 8,401 482 14,545 0 0
MAY 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUNE 2010 182 13,063 457 2,423 0 0
JULY 2010 1,594 279,269 710 79,351 0 6
AUGUST 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010
OCTOBER 2010
NOVEMBER 2010
DECEMBER 2010
TOTAL
1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
9,648 411,594 1,805 192,771 34 6
10,160 1,805
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
TRANSFERRED ON 7/29/1991
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
TOTAL CASELOAD
11/1/2008 - 7/31/2010
CASES CLAIMS CASES CLAIMS CASES ADDED C.T.O.S
TRANSFERRED TRANSFERRED TERMINATED TERMINATED TO BANKRUPTCY FILED
TO EDPA TO EDPA IN EDPA NATIONWIDE DOCKET
11/1/2008 - 12/31/2009 43,929 2,387,786 45,028 5,570,283 23,103 2,033
1/1/2010 - 7/31/2010 19,536 771,618 43,724 2,915,430 14,689 171
TOTAL
11/1/2008 - 7/31/2010
63,465 3,159,404 88,752 8,485,713 37,792 2,204
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
875 -IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No.VI)
PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN
8/1/2006 - 7/31/2010
DISTRICT COURT CASES FILED CASES TERMINATED CASES PENDING
DC 32 29 3
District of Columbia 32 29 3
1ST CIRCUIT 1,181 808 373
Maine 275 84 191
Massachusetts 443 350 93
New Hampshire 123 49 74
Puerto Rico 77 77 0
Rhode Island 263 248 15
2ND CIRCUIT 24,574 17,096 7,478
Connecticut 137 58 79
New York Eastern 6,858 6,596 262
New York Northern 323 321 2
New York Southern LAND 10,012 9,675 337
New York Southern MARDOC 6,796 0 6,796
New York Western 446 445 1
Vermont 2 1 1
3RD CIRCUIT 9,726 9,284 442
Delaware 444 437 7
New Jersey 805 462 343
Pennsylvania Eastern 8,191 8,113 78
Pennsylvania Middle 1 1 0
Pennsylvania Western 84 70 14
Virgin Islands 201 201 0
4TH CIRCUIT 18,209 9,567 8,642
Maryland 1,294 632 662
North Carolina Eastern 911 506 405
North Carolina Middle 805 583 222
North Carolina Western 1,770 1,311 459
South Carolina 2,228 1,640 588
Virginia Eastern 10,134 4,211 5,923
Virginia Western 904 531 373
West Virginia Northern 66 65 1
West Virginia Southern 97 88 9
5TH CIRCUIT 38,725 37,613 1,112
Louisiana Eastern 321 274 47
Louisiana Middle 126 62 64
Louisiana Western 71 66 5
Mississippi Northern 561 506 55
Mississippi Southern 31,431 31,100 331
Texas Eastern 3,980 3,642 338
Texas Northern 1,483 1,277 206
Texas Southern 669 626 43
Texas Western 83 60 23
DISTRICT COURT CASES FILED CASES TERMINATED CASES PENDING
6TH CIRCUIT 6,678 4,337 2,341
Kentucky Eastern 273 236 37
Kentucky Western 253 201 52
Michigan Eastern LAND 116 101 15
Michigan Eastern MARDOC 181 1 180
Michigan Western 30 26 4
Ohio Northern LAND 1,971 1,303 668
Ohio Northern MARDOC 3,183 1,804 1,379
Ohio Southern 248 244 4
Tennessee Eastern 247 245 2
Tennessee Middle 87 87 0
Tennessee Western 89 89 0
7TH CIRCUIT 8,485 4,046 4,439
Illinois Central 1,700 657 1,043
Illinois Northern 1,077 580 497
Illinois Southern 412 209 203
Indiana Northern 1,505 785 720
Indiana Southern 1,968 957 1,011
Wisconsin Eastern 1,185 482 703
Wisconsin Western 638 376 262
8TH CIRCUIT 1,546 1,145 401
Arkansas Eastern 83 83 0
Arkansas Western 17 17 0
Iowa Northern 27 23 4
Iowa Southern 92 91 1
Minnesota 460 356 104
Missouri Eastern 348 328 20
Missouri Western 107 104 3
Nebraska 121 117 4
North Dakota 269 4 265
South Dakota 22 22 0
9TH CIRCUIT 2,596 2,027 569
Alaska 120 116 4
Arizona 547 401 146
California Central 213 178 35
California Eastern 19 9 10
California Northern 649 405 244
California Southern 55 32 23
Guam 3 2 1
Hawaii 55 28 27
Idaho 108 107 1
Montana 145 123 22
Nevada 182 180 2
Northern Mariana Island 4 4 0
Oregon 158 134 24
Washington Eastern 173 169 4
Washington Western 165 139 26
DISTRICT COURT CASES FILED CASES TERMINATED CASES PENDING
10TH CIRCUIT 2,507 2,446 61
Colorado 503 503 0
Kansas 609 608 1
New Mexico 277 255 22
Oklahoma Eastern 28 21 7
Oklahoma Northern 219 212 7
Oklahoma Western 304 298 6
Utah 449 435 14
Wyoming 118 114 4
11TH CIRCUIT 3,000 2,160 840
Alabama Middle 70 69 1
Alabama Northern 400 393 7
Alabama Southern 275 274 1
Florida Middle 80 73 7
Florida Northern 21 5 16
Florida Southern 575 385 190
Georgia Middle 35 29 6
Georgia Northern 677 527 150
Georgia Southern 867 405 462
TOTAL 117,259 90,558 26,701