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<title>Judge: Whether Insured Reasonably Provided Notice Of Claim Is Fact Question</title>
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<![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio - A law firm insured's failure to report an underlying malpractice claim during its 2002-2003 professional responsibility insurance policy or in response to a question on its renewal application does not result in a finding that the insured's subsequent policy excluded coverage for the claim, an Ohio federal judge held Nov. 24, denying the insurer's motion for summary judgment (PDIC v. Wiles, Boyle, Burkholder &amp; Bringardner Co., No. 2:06-CV-240, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Div.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 109998). 
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<title>Intervention In California VPPA Suit Against Facebook Denied; Settlement Approved</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California federal judge on Oct. 23 denied a motion to intervene in a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action in that state filed by three women who are plaintiffs in a similar suit in a Texas federal court and granted a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement agreement (Sean Lane, et al. v. Facebook, Inc., et al., No. 08-3845, N.D. Calif.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103668; See 10/1/09, Page 14). 
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<title>Generic Drug Injury Claims Are Not Preempted, 8th Circuit Panel Rules</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. LOUIS - Federal law does not preempt state court failure-to-warn claims against generic drug manufacturers, a panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 27, extending the U.S. Supreme Court's preemption ruling in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1774; See 3/5/09, Page 5) to generic drugs (Gladys Mensing v. Wyeth, Inc., et al., No. 08-3850, 8th Cir.; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 25911; See 10:15/09, Page 8). 
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<title>Exxon Mobil Moves To Settle 50 MTBE Actions For $17.5 M</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - Exxon Mobil Corp. on Oct. 27 said it reached a $17.5 million settlement with plaintiffs in 50 actions alleging methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination in their water supplies in the multidistrict litigation court based in New York (In re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation, No. 1:00-1898, MDL 1358; Village of Island Lake v. Amerada Hess Corp., et al., No. 04-02053, S.D. N.Y.). 
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<title>Land Owners Say In High Court That Florida Took Their Beach Property</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2 regarding beachfront property landowners' allegations that the State of Florida took their properties without just compensation (Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, et al., No. 08-1151, U.S. Sup.).
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<title>U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In 2 Personal Bankruptcy Cases</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court was to hear oral arguments Dec. 1 in two separate matters that involve issues pertaining to personal bankruptcy. 
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<title>Insurer Has Duty To Defend; Sanitizer Is Not A Pollutant, Panel Says</title>
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<![CDATA[DETROIT - An insurer has a duty to defend an insured against claims that a sanitizing agent caused injuries to the occupants of a home where the chemical was used because there is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the sanitizing agent is a pollutant pursuant to the policy's definition of the term, the First District Michigan Court of Appeals said Nov. 24 (Hastings Mutual Insurance Co. v. Safety King Inc., et al., No. 286392, Mich. App., 1st Dist.; 2009 Mich. App. LEXIS 2448). 
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<title>Louisiana Appeals Court Affirms, Vacates Dismissal In Wrongful Discount Case</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana appeals court on Nov. 10 partially affirmed and partially vacated a state court opinion dismissing claims against third-party administrators in a case in which a preferred provider claimed that the defendants took wrongful discounts (Touro Infirmary v. American Maritime Officer, et al., No. 2009-CA-0697, La. App., 4th Cir.; 2009 La. App. LEXIS 1932). 
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<title>Zyprexa MDL Judge Hands Mississippi 1st Setback In States' Medicaid Litigation</title>
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<![CDATA[BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Mississippi became the first of more than 40 states to suffer a setback in state government Zyprexa litigation yesterday when the judge overseeing the Zyprexa multidistrict litigation granted summary judgment on most of Mississippi's claims and expressed doubts about the viability of the one that survived (In Re:  Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1596, No. 04-md-1596, Jim Hood, et al. v. Eli Lilly &amp; Company, No. 07-645, E.D. N.Y.; See 7/27/06, Page 6).
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<title>California Appeals Panel Affirms In Part Demurrer; Strict Defect Claim Revived</title>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - The Second District California Court of Appeal on Nov. 19 affirmed a defense demurrer that applied the sophisticated user defense to a negligence per se failure-to-warn cause of action brought by a refrigeration technician, but the panel overturned a demurrer for a design defect cause of action sounding in strict liability (William Keith Johnson v. Honeywell International Inc., et al., No. B210799, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., Div. 5; 2009 Cal. App. LEXIS 1858; See 4/15/08, Page 4). 
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<title>Appeals Court: Evidence Supports Finding Man's Illness Was Caused By Mold At Work</title>
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<![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina appeals court on Nov. 3 affirmed a commission's ruling that a man's illness was caused by exposure to mold at work and that he was entitled to benefits, but the court remanded the case for determination of whether his former employer was entitled to a lien against third-party settlement proceeds he already received (Steve R. Jones v. Steve Jones Auto Group, et al., No. COA08-1593, N.C. App.; 2009 N.C. App. LEXIS 1716). 
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<title>New York Federal Judge Clears Path To Challenge Cancer Gene Patent</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - U.S. Judge Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York denied dismissal on Nov. 1 of a challenge by a series of plaintiffs to the patentability of gene patents (Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al., No. 09-Civ-4515, S.D. N.Y.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101809). 
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<title>New York Federal Judge Clears Path To Challenge Cancer Gene Patent</title>
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<![CDATA[NEW YORK - U.S. Judge Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York denied dismissal on Nov. 1 of a challenge by a series of plaintiffs to the patentability of gene patents (Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al., No. 09-Civ-4515, S.D. N.Y.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 101809). 
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<title>Apple Defeats Psystar In California Copyright, Trademark Dispute</title>
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<![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO - A fight over clone computers has been resolved definitively in favor of Apple Inc., with a federal judge in California granting the software giant summary judgment on Nov. 13 in its dispute with Psystar Corp. (Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation, No. 08-3251, N.D. Calif.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106142.; See 10/19/09, Page 5). 
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<title>Fla. Appeals Panel Finds Issues Of Fact On Failure To Settle, Reverses Judgment</title>
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<![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a divided opinion, a Florida appeals panel on Nov. 13 ruled that a determination of whether an insurer reasonably investigated a personal injury claim and attempted settlement are best left for a fact finder, reversing a lower court's grant of summary judgment on bad faith claims in the insurer's favor (Maria D. Gutierrez v. Gerald M. Yochim, et al., No. 2D08-4513 and 2D08-5499, Fla. App., 2nd Dist.; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 16863). 
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<title>Supreme Court Justices Question Merck's Vioxx Defense</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - A U.S. Supreme Court justice on Nov. 30 pointed out an internal contradiction in Merck &amp; Co.'s defense of a shareholder derivative lawsuit over its marketing of Vioxx - that on one hand the company argues it did nothing wrong, but on the other it says shareholders should have been aware much earlier of the possibility it was covering up the painkiller's cardiovascular risks (Merck &amp; Co., Inc., et al. v. Richard Reynolds, et al., No. 08-905, U.S. Sup.).
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<title>Ford Fails In Bid To Supreme Court, $82.6M Award In Accident Case Stands</title>
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<![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 30 declined to hear Ford Motor Co.'s challenge to a portion of a massive personal injury award involving a rollover accident in California (Ford Motor Co. v. Benetta Buell-Wilson, No. 09-297, U.S. Sup.).
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<title>Generic Drug Injury Claims Not Preempted, 8th Circuit Rules</title>
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<![CDATA[ST. LOUIS - Federal law does not preempt state court failure-to-warn claims against generic drug manufacturers, a panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 27, extending the U.S. Supreme Court's preemption ruling in Wyeth v. Diana Levine (No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.; 2009 U.S. LEXIS 1774) to generic drugs (Gladys Mensing v. Wyeth, Inc., et al., No. 08-3850, 8th Cir.).
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<title>Parties In Listerine Case Brief Court On UCL Class, Restitution After Tobacco II</title>
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<![CDATA[LOS ANGELES - Parties recently filed supplemental briefs on whether a putative class can bring an unfair competition law (UCL) suit against a mouthwash maker for claims that its products worked as well as flossing after In re: Tobacco II Cases ([2009] 46 Cal.4th 298) (Pfizer Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles Co., Steve Galfano, No. B188106, Calif. App., 2nd Dist.). 
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<title>Potential For Coverage Exists For Environmental Action, Judge Determines</title>
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<![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. - A Washington federal judge on Nov. 13 determined that two insurers breached their duty to defend an insured in an underlying environmental contamination action because a potential for coverage exists under the policies and the pollution exclusion does not necessarily preclude coverage (Newmont USA Ltd., et al. v. American Home Assurance Co., et al., No. 09-33, E.D. Wash.; 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106585; See 7/8/09, Page 11). 
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