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MDL No. 2848

Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Products Liability

On the current JPML reportJPML report of September 1, 2026

IN RE: Zostavax (Zoster Vaccine Live) Products Liability Litigation is a pending federal multidistrict litigation in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before Harvey Bartle, III (Sr. District Judge). The Judicial Panel's report dated September 1, 2026 lists 101 actions pending and 2,665 actions historically.

The docket record

Actions pending
101−725(-87.8%)
Total actions, historical
2,665
Change, 3 months
−725(-87.8%)
Change, 12 months
−725(-87.8%)
Docket
MDL No. 2848
Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Transferee judge
Harvey Bartle, IIISr. District Judge

Source: JPML “Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” report dated September 1, 2026 · first in our series Jan 2024

Actions pending in MDL 2848, by monthly JPML report0225450675900Jan 2024Jul 2024Feb 2025Aug 2025Feb 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026
Actions pending on each monthly JPML report, Jan 2024 to Sep 2026. Gaps are months the report omitted the figure.

Month-by-month figures, Jan 2024 to Sep 2026

Report dateActions pendingChangeTotal, historicalReport
September 1, 2026101−7252,665PDF
August 3, 202682602,665PDF
July 1, 202682602,665PDF
June 1, 202682602,665PDF
May 1, 202682602,665PDF
April 1, 202682602,665PDF
March 2, 202682602,665PDF
February 2, 202682602,665PDF
January 5, 202682602,665PDF
December 2, 202582602,665PDF
November 3, 202582602,665PDF
October 1, 202582602,665PDF
September 2, 2025826−92,665PDF
August 1, 202583502,665PDF
July 1, 202583502,665PDF
June 2, 2025835+12,665PDF
May 1, 202583402,664PDF
April 1, 202583402,664PDF
March 3, 202583402,664PDF
February 3, 202583402,664PDF
January 2, 202583402,664PDF
December 2, 202483402,664PDF
October 1, 202483402,664PDF
September 3, 2024834−222,664PDF
August 1, 202485602,664PDF
July 1, 202485602,664PDF
June 3, 202485602,664PDF
May 1, 202485602,664PDF
April 1, 202485602,664PDF
March 1, 202485602,664PDF
February 1, 202485602,664PDF
January 2, 20248562,664PDF

How to read this record

Actions pending is the number of individual civil actions currently centralized in this MDL, as counted by the Judicial Panel on the report date. It rises as new cases are transferred or filed directly in the MDL court and falls as cases settle, are dismissed, or are remanded for trial. Total actions is the historical count of every action ever part of the docket.

A rising count means new plaintiffs are still filing; it does not by itself say anything about the merits. A falling count after a settlement announcement usually reflects the settlement being processed. The monthly report says nothing about trial dates, rulings, or settlements; for those, check the transferee court's docket.

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Source

U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, “MDL Statistics Report: Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets by Actions Pending,” monthly PDF reports January 2, 2024 to September 1, 2026, jpml.uscourts.gov. Parsed by Settlement Record; see methodology. Settlement Record is an independent reference built from public court records and agency publications. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing here states that any person has a valid claim. Litigation facts are dated and sourced on each page; confirm anything you rely on against the court's own docket.