HEALTH

Shiley Wins Appeal: The state Court of Appeal has ruled that out-of-state recipients of potentially faulty heart valves made by Shiley Inc. should not be allowed to sue the company in California, the only state so far where courts have allowed emotional distress cases. The decision, handed down earlier this week, overturns Judge William F. Rylaarsdam’s May 8, 1991, ruling that allowed the cases to be heard in Santa Ana, which had been a rejection of Shiley’s claim that the plaintiffs were “forum shopping.”