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Experts Will Argue Significance Of Duration In Major PPH Study KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The federal judge presiding over an upcoming trial alleging that Wyeth's diet drugs caused a woman's primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) has denied most of the parties' pretrial motions to exclude or limit the testimony of experts, allowing the case to proceed largely intact (Becky J. Wright, et al. v. American Home Products Corporation, et al., No. 06-CV-4183-NKL, W.D. Mo., Central Div.). Full story on lexis.com $422 Million MTBE Groundwater Contamination Agreement Settles 59 Lawsuits NEW YORK - Attorneys for nearly 600 plaintiffs from 17 states and representing 59 lawsuits against gasoline refiners on May 7 moved in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for determination of good faith in a $422 million cash settlement in the national methyl tertiary butyl ether products liability litigation (In re: MTBE Products Liability Litigation, No. 00-1898, MDL 1358, S.D. N.Y.). Full story on lexis.com Maine Bankruptcy Judge Says Creditor Notified, Stay Was Violated BANGOR, Maine - A Maine bankruptcy judge ruled April 23 that a creditor had been properly notified of a bankruptcy proceeding and violated the automatic stay by sending the debtor couple monthly billing statements (Robert Paul Harvey v. United Technologies [In Re: Robert Paul Harvey, et al.], No. 07-20248, Adv. No. 07-2057, Chapter 7, D. Maine. Bkcy.; 2008 Bankr. LEXIS 1163). Full story on lexis.com Carrier Not Entitled To Reimbursement Of Defense Costs, Panel Says HARRISBURG, Pa. - An insurer is not entitled to reimbursement of the defense costs it spent in defending its insured in an underlying firearms negligence suit because the insurer could have included a policy provision on the reimbursement of attorney fees but failed to do so, and allowing reimbursement before a court's coverage determination would result in the retroactive erosion of the breadth of the duty to defend, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said May 5 (American and Foreign Insurance Co., Royal Insurance Company of America, Safeguard Insurance Company and Royal Indemnity Co. v. Jerry's Sport Center Inc., et al., No. 1098 MDA 2006, Pa. Super.; Pa. Super. LEXIS 990). Full story on lexis.com Summary Judgment Against PBM Vacated In PBM Law Dispute WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 18 vacated an order granting summary judgment against a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) association, holding that the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not preclude its suit trying to stop the implementation of a law regulating PBMs (Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. District of Columbia, et al., No. 07-7062, D.C. App.; 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 8386; See 3/21/07, Page 6). Full story on lexis.com