Bristol-Myers Uses Exclusive Remedy Against Negligence Suit

Bristol-Myers Squibb successfully defended itself with an exclusive remedy defense against a negligence suit brought by a former chemist who was exposed to an HIV inhibitor while pregnant, which caused her unborn twins to die and eventually led to the amputation of her arms and legs.The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed a ruling against Yan Ping Wang, the injured worker, in the published decision of Wang v. St. Peters Hospital, Inc., No. A-4009-05T5, 6/9/08. Wang worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb Inc. as a chemist while she was pregnant with twins in 1999. On July 8, 1...