The Supreme Court seemed inclined on Nov. 4 to direct a state court to retry two parents’ claim that allegedly tainted baby food gave their son autism.
The oral argument in Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist did not focus on the merits of the parents’ claim that links the baby food in question to autism. Instead, the justices considered the legal rules about where the lawsuit should be heard.
The oral argument came after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a similar case in January that a state court could consider pet owners’ lawsuits against pet food makers after the owners withdrew their federal claims….