Wal-Mart Gets Top U.S. Court Review in Sex-Bias Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court, heeding calls from companies to consider curbing class actions, agreed to decide whether Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must face a gender-bias suit on behalf of potentially 1 million of its workers.
The justices today said they will review a federal appeals court decision that approved a single suit to cover women who worked at the retailer’s 4,400 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores since 2001. Wal-Mart, facing billions of dollars in potential liability, contends the lower court made it too easy for workers with different job histories to band together in a single case.