Thursday, 8 Sep 2011 09:00am EDT
Synutra International, Inc. announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Appellate Court) affirmed a previous ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (District Court). As announced in April 2010, the District Court had granted the Company's motion to dismiss a product liability lawsuit brought against the Company related to products allegedly sold by subsidiaries during the 2008 melamine crisis in China. The plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal thereafter. In its opinion issued on September 6, 2011 regarding the appeal, the judges of the Appellate Court affirmed the District Court's dismissal of the complaint on the grounds of forum non conveniens.