Anthem Gets FLSA Wage Suit Limited to In-State Workers on Appeal

Anthem Cos. Inc. won its bid to exclude out-of-state workers from a would-be nationwide overtime suit filed in Tennessee, after the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court ruling applies to Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions.

A court can’t exercise jurisdiction over the claims of nonresident plaintiffs who join FLSA collectives when their claims aren’t connected to the defendant’s activities in the state where the action was filed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.

This is the first federal appeals court to address whether the Bristol-Myers case, ...