20 Jun 2017 High Court Limits Litigation Forum Shopping
Product Liability | Kara KapkeProduct liability legal practitioners have been anticipating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, 582 U.S. – (June 19, 2017). Announced on Monday, the 8-1 decision did not disappoint, firmly curtailing the ability of out-of-state residents to forum shop for a favorable jurisdiction in mass tort litigation. In the decision, the Court held that continuous activity in a state, alone, does not create jurisdiction; instead, there must be a link between the forum and an individual lawsuit…
