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Products Liability

Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Products Liability Litigation

Products LiabilityActiveMDL 2848

Pending actions

826

Historical total

2,665

Resolved / remanded

1,839

Share of caseload still pending31%

Active. A substantial share of actions remain pending. Of 2,665 lawsuits ever part of this litigation, 826 remain active.

About this litigation

Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) 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 2, 2018 before Harvey Bartle, III, Sr. District Judge, in the E.D. Pennsylvania.

As of the August 3, 2026 JPML report, 826 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.