HYDE v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.

No. COA95-1147.

473 S.E.2d 680 (1996)

Suzanne HYDE and Lynn Meeks, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and Mead Johnson & Co., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter & Large, P.L.L.C. by Raymond D. Large, Jr. and Diane E. Sherrill, Sylva, and Heins Mills & Olson, P.L.C. by Kent M. Williams, Minneapolis, MN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Smith Helms Mullis & Moore, L.L.P. by Larry B. Sitton, James G. Exum, Jr. and Richard A. Coughlin, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Mead Johnson & Company.

Petree Stockton, L.L.P. by John T. Allred, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant Abbott Laboratories, Inc.


WYNN, Judge.

In November of 1994, plaintiffs Suzanne Hyde and Lynn Meeks filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated (hereinafter plaintiffs), seeking damages from defendants for alleged violations of North Carolina's antitrust laws—N.C. Gen.Stat. § 75-1 et. seq. (1994).

Plaintiffs alleged that between 1980 and 1992, defendants violated several of the antitrust laws of this state by "engaging in a continuing...

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