Washington
The U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door for plaintiffs to file more class-action lawsuits in a case involving Allstate Insurance Company, ruling that some litigation barred by state law can be brought in federal courts.
The decision, handed down on March 31, "may hamper the ability of states to place statutory limits upon the class-action mechanism," according to lawyers at Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst LLC, of Blue Bell, Pa., in a paper interpreting the ruling.
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