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Products Liability

Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant Products Liability Litigation

Products LiabilityNewly CentralizedMDL 3172

Pending actions

21

Historical total

21

Resolved / remanded

0

Share of caseload still pending100%

Newly Centralized. Consolidated within the last 18 months. Of 21 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 21 remain active.

About this litigation

Cartiva Synthetic Cartilage Implant Products Liability Litigation is a federal multidistrict litigation classified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as a Products Liability docket. It was centralized on February 5, 2026 before Kristine G. Baker, Chief Judge, USDC, in the E.D. Arkansas.

As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 21 individual lawsuits are pending in this MDL. Cases coordinated in an MDL keep their separate identity — they are managed together only for pretrial proceedings. Learn how MDLs work.