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Common Disaster

Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

Common DisasterActiveMDL 1570

Pending actions

372

Historical total

382

Resolved / remanded

10

Share of caseload still pending97%

Active. A substantial share of actions remain pending. Of 382 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 372 remain active.

About this litigation

Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 is a federal multidistrict litigation classified by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as a Common Disaster docket. It was centralized on December 9, 2003 before George B. Daniels, Sr. District Judge, in the S.D. New York.

As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 372 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.