Companies Get New Suit Limits as Supreme Court Backs Bristol-Myers
- Court says non-Californians can’t join Bristol-Myers suit
- Alito says plaintiffs can sue as group in other states
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The U.S. Supreme Court gave companies a new tool to defeat some legal claims, siding with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a bid to limit a consumer lawsuit in California over its Plavix blood thinner.
The justices, voting 8-1, said the California Supreme Court was wrong to let almost 600 non-Californians join 86 state residents in claiming Bristol-Myers misrepresented the risk of heart attacks and strokes.