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<title>Insurer's Exclusion Bars Coverage For Defamation Suit, Texas High Court Says</title>
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<![CDATA[AUSTIN, Texas - Interpreting a known-falsity exclusion to preclude coverage for an underlying defamation lawsuit against an insured corporation, the Texas Supreme Court on Oct. 30 found that the insured's knowledge is not limited to what its officers know but may include other employees' knowledge (Chrysler Insurance Co. v. Greenspoint Dodge of Houston Inc., No. 08-0780, Texas Sup.; 2009 Tex. LEXIS 874). 
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<title>7th Circuit Will Review Awards To Insurer, Insured For Site Cleanup, Negligence</title>
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<![CDATA[Case: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District v. American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co., No. 09-1645, 7th Cir. 
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<title>U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case Of Disposable Income Under BAPCPA</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 2 granted review of a case in which a trustee is asking the court to determine whether the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) eliminated judicial discretion by requiring an above-median-income debtor to pay to unsecured creditors the net result reported on Official Form 22C. The high court will consider a limited question contained in the case (Jan Hamilton v. Stephanie Kay Lanning, 08-0998, U.S. Sup.; See 6/17/2009). 
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<title>No Coverage Owed For Costs To Prevent Future Harmful Emission, Panel Says</title>
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<![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS - Because court-ordered remedies imposed to prevent future harmful emissions from a power plant were not caused by an occurrence, insurers have no duty to defend or indemnify an insured in underlying federal litigation, an Indiana Court of Appeals panel held Oct. 28 (Cinergy Corp., et al. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co., et al., No. 32A04-0810-CV-622, Ind. App.; 2009 Ind. App. LEXIS 2251; See 9/20/07, Page 7). 
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<title>Federal Judge Grants PBM Summary Judgment In Reimbursement Case</title>
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<![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on Oct. 29 granted summary judgment in favor of a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in a reimbursement dispute, saying that contracts between the parties permitted the PBM to amend the documents governing the updating of reimbursement methods (Pearson's Pharmacy Inc., et al. v. Express Scripts Inc., No. 06-73, M.D. Ala.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100915; See 6/20/07, Page 9). 
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<title>John Crane Hit With $35.3 Million Verdict In California Asbestos Case</title>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Oct. 22 entered judgment on a jury's award of $35.3 million to a couple who alleged that the husband contracted mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos in John Crane Inc.'s gaskets and packing (David Kelemen and Paula Kelemen v. Alfa Laval Inc., et al., No. BC384059, Calif. Super., Los Angeles Co.). 
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<title>Court Finds Expert's Opinion On Respiratory Condition Was Sufficient</title>
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<![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey appeals court on Oct. 6 reversed a ruling in favor of a condominium owner, finding that an expert's opinion that a tenant suffered respiratory ailments caused by exposure to mold were sufficient to withstand summary judgment on the issues of causation (Gloria Smith v. Northridge at Edison, et. al., No. A-2482-07T1, N.J. Super., App. Div.; 2009 N.J. Super Unpub. LEXIS 2509). 
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<title>5th Circuit Panel Reverses Order Dismissing Tort Claims For Climate Change Damage</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 16 said residents of the Mississippi coast have standing to sue the coal, petroleum and chemical industries for property damage resulting from Hurricane Katrina because the companies' alleged contributions to climate change are compensable under theories of nuisance, negligence and trespass (Ned Comer, et al. v. Murphy Oil USA, et al., No. 07-60756, 5th Cir.). 
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<title>Chinese Drywall Manufacturer To Waive Service Rights Under Hague Convention</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - One of the major manufacturers of Chinese drywall named as a defendant in the federal Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation agreed Nov. 2 to a one-time waiver of its right to be served with process under international law, the judge overseeing the consolidated cases said in a pretrial order (In re:  Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, No. 2:09md02047, E.D. La.).
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<title>Inventor Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Over PTO Rule Changes</title>
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<![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Less than two weeks after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would rescind a series of "highly controversial regulations" proposed by the previous administration, an inventor who filed suit over those regulations dismissed his complaint on Oct. 19 (Triantafyllos Tafas, et al. v. Kappos, et al., No. 1:07cv846, E.D. Va.; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26086). 
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<title>Inventor Voluntarily Dismisses Lawsuit Over PTO Rule Changes</title>
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<![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Less than two weeks after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would rescind a series of "highly controversial regulations" proposed by the previous administration, an inventor who filed suit over those regulations dismissed his complaint on Oct. 19 (Triantafyllos Tafas et al. v. Kappos et al., No. 1:07cv846, E.D. Va.; 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26086). 
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<title>Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Unregistered Works Case</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - Federal courts have no jurisdictional standing to hear copyright disputes involving unregistered works, law professor Deborah Jones Merritt told the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 7 (Reed Elsevier Inc., et al. v. Irvin Muchnick, et al., No. 08-103, U.S. Sup.; See 6/15/09, Page 46).[Editor's Note: Reed Elsevier Inc. is the parent company for LexisNexis, of which LexisNexis Mealey Publications is a division.] 
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<title>Couple Contending Bagged Spinach Made Woman Sick Agrees To Settle Claims</title>
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<![CDATA[FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A Wisconsin couple that claimed that tainted bagged spinach caused an 85-year-old woman to fall ill and spend several weeks in a hospital agreed to an undisclosed settlement on Oct. 7 (Jane Majeska and Ben Majeska v. Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc., et al., No. 09-825, Wis. Cir., Fond Du Lac Co.; See October 2009, Page 11). 
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<title>8th Circuit Upholds $2.75 Million Prempro Verdict, Orders New Punitive Damages Trial</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. LOUIS - The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 2 affirmed a jury's $2.75 million compensatory damages award to a woman who claims that her use of Premarin, Prempro and Provera caused her to develop breast cancer and ordered a new trial on her punitive damages claim against Wyeth (Donna Scroggin v. Wyeth, et al., Nos. 08-2555, 08-2711, 08-2713, 8th Cir.).
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<title>Chinese Drywall Parties Debate Economic Loss Rule's Protection</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - The dangers posed by Chinese drywall and the severity of the suing homeowners' allegations against the distributors and manufacturers of the drywall combine to afford them both a contract and tort remedy under the laws of the states most affected, the homeowners argue in an Oct. 21 brief filed in the federal Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation; a group of homebuilders adds in an Oct. 22 brief that the economic loss rule bars any potential tort claims by homeowners against them for problems covered under contract law (In re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, No. 2:09md02047, E.D. La.; See October 2009, Page 6, and related stories in this issue). 
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<title>3rd Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Reinsurer And Retrocessionaire To Arbitrate</title>
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<![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA - A Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 15 affirmed a lower court's order compelling an arbitration between a reinsurer and its retrocessional reinsurer because the retrocessional reinsurance agreements incorporated the arbitration clauses of certain reinsurance treaties between the reinsurer and its reinsured (Century Indemnity Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, No. 08-2924, 3rd Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 22619; See 3/20/09, Page 5). 
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<title>Facebook Spammer Hit With $711 Million Default Judgment From Federal Judge</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California federal judge on Oct. 29 granted a renewed motion for default judgment by Facebook Inc. against so-called "spam king" Sanford Wallace for violations of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act and California Business and Professions Code Section 22948, awarding more than $711 million to the popular social networking Web site (Facebook Inc. v. Sanford Wallace, et al., No. 5:09-cv-00798-JF, N.D. Calif.).
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<title>$12.8M N.J. Accutane Verdict Cut $450,000, But Most Defense Motions Denied</title>
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<![CDATA[ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A New Jersey judge on Wednesday ordered a $450,000 reduction in a pain and suffering award for an Accutane inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) plaintiff but denied motions for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial in her case and two other cases (In Re:  Accutane Litigation, No. 271 MT, Kelly Mace v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., No. ATL-L-199-05 MT, Lance Sager v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., No. ATL-L-197-05 MT, Jordan Speisman v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc., No. ATL-L-196-05 MT, N.J. Super., Atlantic Co.; See 11/2/09, Page 11).
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<title>Federal Judge Allows Claimant To Submit Late Claim Form In Civil Rights Class Action</title>
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<![CDATA[OWENSBORO, Ky. - A Kentucky woman who submitted a claim as part of a civil rights class action lawsuit nearly nine months after the claims deadline can still file her claim because of excusable neglect, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled Oct. 13 (Edward Lee Sutton, et al. v. Hopkins County, Ky., et al., No. 4:03-cv-003, W.D. Ky.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95229). 
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<title>Mont. Jury Awards $3.2M In 1st Zometa Jaw Injury Case To Go To Verdict</title>
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<![CDATA[MISSOULA, Mont. - In the first bisphosphonate case to go to verdict, a Montana state court jury on Oct. 21 awarded a plaintiff $3.2 million after finding that Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. was negligent in failing to warn her doctors of the risks of its Zometa bone-loss prevention drug and causing her osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) (Peggy L. Stevens v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, No. DV-08-100, Mont. Dist., 4th Dist., Missoula Co.). 
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