Verdict Wiki Public court records · Regulatory sources · Independently maintained Major legal cases, on the record. The neutral encyclopedia of mass torts, class actions and landmark verdicts — every figure traced to a public source. No case promises. No marketing. 72 CASE RECORDS 18 ACTIVE MATTERS 6 COUNTRIES CA·FR·GB·IN·KR·US verdictwiki.com verdictwiki.com A public file on the big ones T H E P R O B L E M Search a lawsuit. Land in a sales funnel. The people searching are often claimants, patients, families — at the worst moment to be sold to. What people ask • Is this case real, and what is its status? • How many cases have actually been filed? • Was there a settlement — and is that number real? • Which court, which docket, which judge? 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Active docket 18 live matters — status, court, case counts, verified dates. Updated from public dockets. Archived records 54 concluded matters — from Vioxx and Dalkon Shield to VW and transvaginal mesh — kept public as reference. Six countries US · CA · GB · FR · IN · KR — mass claims are global; the record follows them. O N T H E R E C O R D T O D A Y : MDL 1657 · VIOXX MDL 2179 · BP MDL 2599 · TAKATA MDL 2592 · XARELTO MDL 3163 · GLP - 1 verdictwiki.com verdictwiki.com 72 case records · verdictwiki.com/cases M E T H O D How a case record is built On the record Court, MDL number, judge, filing and termination dates — with links to the actual dockets. Case count, with history How many cases — and how the number moved over time. Dates, not just a counter. Settlements, honestly Reported amounts, each with its source. When nothing is public, the record says so. FAQ & sources The questions people actually ask — answered from the record, sources behind each answer. C A S E R E C O R D In re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation MDL 1657 · E.D. Louisiana Filed 2005 - 02 - 16 Terminated 2018 - 11 - 13 Settlement on the record — source: court filings, per public reports verdictwiki.com verdictwiki.com Every record follows the same structure E D I T O R I A L P O L I C Y No figure without a source. Claimants allege — we attribute Allegations stay allegations. Findings are findings. The difference is preserved in every sentence. Amounts only with attribution “$X billion (per DOJ)” or nothing. If no amount is public, the record says exactly that. Concluded means concluded Archived cases say “case reviews closed” — no fake urgency, no contact harvesting. Machine - checked before publish An automated “red - zone” gate blocks any build containing unsourced figures or case promises. “Court records are public. 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These are the shelves the library is built from: JPML statistics reports MDL dockets, pending & terminated litigation — jpml.uscourts.gov CourtListener / RECAP Federal dockets, filings and opinions — Free Law Project DOJ press releases Enforcement actions, resolutions and penalties — justice.gov FDA & regulators Recalls, safety communications, adverse - event records Official settlement administrators Court - approved claims programs and their published terms Reuters · AP Wire reporting for developments not yet in the docket Wikipedia and secondary media are used as a map — never as the source of a figure. verdictwiki.com verdictwiki.com Sources listed on every record — verdictwiki.com/about C O V E R A G E T O D A Y From Dalkon Shield to GLP - 1 72 case records 18 active matters 54 archived records 6 countries Five decades of the cases that changed law and industry: 1970s – 80s Dalkon Shield · Agent Orange · Ford Pinto · DES 1990s Silicone implants · Fen - Phen · Tobacco - era litigation 2000s Vioxx · Baycol · Firestone/Ford · Guidant 2010s Deepwater Horizon · VW Diesel · Transvaginal mesh · Takata 2020s Roundup · Talc · Camp Lejeune · GLP - 1 · social - media claims verdictwiki.com verdictwiki.com Full list — verdictwiki.com/cases A U D I E N C E Who reads the record Claimants & families Understand the case before signing anything — status, deadlines, what is actually on the docket. 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