Pending actions
2,915
Historical total
3,182
Resolved / remanded
267
Active. A substantial share of actions remain pending. Of 3,182 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 2,915 remain active.
About this litigation
National Prescription Opiate Litigation is a federal multidistrict litigation classified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as a Miscellaneous docket. It was centralized on December 5, 2017 before Dan A. Polster, Sr. District Judge, in the N.D. Ohio.
As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 2,915 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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