The Supreme Court agreed on April 28 to hear a case about whether a state court should have to retry two parents’ claim that allegedly tainted baby food gave their son autism.
The Supreme Court granted the petition in Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist without comment in an unsigned order. No justices dissented.
The appeal that the nation’s highest court agreed to hear is not expected to focus on the merits of the parents’ claim that links the baby food in question to autism. Instead, the justices will consider where the lawsuit should be heard.
One of the petitioners, Hain Celestial Group, which is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, makes and sells organic baby food. Its products are sold by the other petitioner, Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with its headquarters in Austin, Texas….