BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S221038.

1 Cal.5th 783 (2016)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, Respondent; BRACY ANDERSON et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lea Brilmayer ; Horvitz & Levy, Jon B Eisenberg ; Arnold & Porter, Jerome B. Falk, Jr. , Sean M. SeLegue , Sharon D. Mayo , Jeremy McLaughlin , Steven G. Reade , Daniel S. Pariser , Anna K. Thompson , Maurice A. Letter and Anand Agneshwar for Petitioner.

Mayer Brown and Donald M. Falk for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, California Chamber of Commerce and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Goodwin Proctor , Richard A. Oetheimer , Sarah K. Frederick , David J. Zimmer and Claire C. Jacobson for Generic Pharmaceutical Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Pepper Hamilton , Nicholas M. Kouletsis , Christopher W. Wasson and Eric S. Wolfish for American Tort Reform Association, National Association of Manufacturers, National Federation of Independent Business and Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Utrecht & Lenvin and Paul F. Utrecht for Washington Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik , Kelly McMeekin , Hunter J. Shkolnik , John Lytle , Jessica Y. Lee , Shayna E. Sacks , Priya Gandhi ; Audet & Partners, William M. Audet , Joshua C. Ezrin , Mark E. Burton ; Esner, Chang & Boyer and Stuart B. Esner for Real Parties in Interest.

J. Burton LeBlanc ; Andrus Anderson , Lori E. Andrus , Jenny Lee Anderson ; Law Offices of Collyn A. Peddie and Collyn A. Peddie for American Association for Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.

The Arkin Law Firm, Sharon J. Arkin ; Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd and Kevin K. Green for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS), a pharmaceutical manufacturer, conducts significant business and research activities in California but is neither incorporated nor headquartered here. In March 2012, eight separate amended complaints were filed in San Francisco Superior Court by or on behalf of 678...

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