Pending actions
7
Historical total
258
Resolved / remanded
251
Winding Down. Few actions remain relative to the docket’s history. Of 258 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 7 remain active.
About this litigation
Gardasil 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 August 4, 2022 before Kenneth D. Bell, U.S. District Judge, in the W.D. North Carolina.
As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 7 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.
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