Products Liability
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation
Pending actions
4
Historical total
190
Resolved / remanded
186
Winding Down. Few actions remain relative to the docket’s history. Of 190 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 4 remain active.
About this litigation
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") 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 October 10, 2000 before Denise L. Cote, Sr. District Judge, in the S.D. New York.
As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 4 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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