Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 Lawsuit (MDL No. 1570)
As of November 2, 2026, 396 cases are pending in the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of New York, before Judge George B. Daniels. 407 cases have been part of it in total since the MDL was created on December 9, 2003.
Pending cases over time
From the JPML's monthly pending-MDL reports, December 2016 to November 2026 (our records start in December 2016). September 2022 to January 2023 are missing because those reports were published without readable text.
| As of | Pending | Total, all time |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | 396 | 407 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | 367 | 377 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 366 | 376 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | 362 | 372 |
| Aug 15, 2022 | 345 | 353 |
| Dec 15, 2021 | 340 | 348 |
| Dec 15, 2020 | 331 | 339 |
| Jul 16, 2019 | 324 | 329 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | 95 | 101 |
| Dec 18, 2017 | 47 | 52 |
| Dec 15, 2016 | 26 | 31 |
Court and case details
| Official name | IN RE: Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 |
|---|---|
| MDL number | 1570 |
| Court | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Judge | George B. Daniels (Sr. District Judge) |
| Master docket | 1:03-md-1570 |
| Motion to centralize filed | August 21, 2003 |
| MDL created | December 9, 2003 |
| Category | Common Disaster |
| Status | Active |
What an MDL is
When many people file similar federal lawsuits against the same company, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) can send them all to one judge for pretrial work such as evidence gathering and expert rulings. Each case stays a separate lawsuit, unlike a class action. A few cases are often tried first as “bellwether” trials, and cases that don’t settle or get dismissed can be sent back to the court where they were filed for trial.
The case counts above only include federal cases. Similar claims can also be filed in state courts, and those are not counted here.
Thinking about a claim? Whether you can join depends on your own facts and on deadlines that vary by state (see personal injury statutes of limitations by state). A lawyer who handles personal injury cases can tell you whether you qualify.
Personal Injury lawyers in New York, where this MDL is heard:
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Source: case counts, judges and courts come from the monthly “Pending MDL Dockets” reports published by the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. We update them each month. “Pending” means cases still open in the MDL; “total” counts every case ever sent to it, including those since dismissed, settled or sent back to their original courts.
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