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Daimler wins as Supreme Court rejects human-rights suit

The Supreme Court gave multinational companies a stronger shield against lawsuits, throwing out a case against Daimler AG over a company units alleged collaboration in torture and killings in Argentina.

By Greg Stohr | Updated on January 14, 2014

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court gave multinational companies a stronger shield against lawsuits, throwing out a case against Daimler AG over a company unit’s alleged collaboration in torture and killings in Argentina.

The justices today said the parent company didn’t have enough ties to California to give courts there the authority to hear the case. The ruling, which was unanimous in its outcome, adds to a line of Supreme Court decisions that have cut the options available to people trying to sue multinational corporations in American courts.

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