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‑Lafarge Loses Appeal In $45M Katrina Coverage Battle
A federal appeals court has found that building materials giant Lafarge North America Inc. is largely not entitled to $45 million in insurance coverage for defense costs it racked up in lawsuits over a barge that broke loose and possibly caused a devastating levee breach during Hurricane Katrina. [Link]
‑Fed. Claims Court Finds No Thimerosal-Autism Link
In three test cases in the largest omnibus proceeding in the history of the Vaccine Act, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims has again ruled against parents alleging thimerosal vaccines caused their children's autism. [Link]
‑Report Tying Pesticide To Cancer Nixed In Dow Case
A federal judge has granted Dow AgroSciences LLC's bid to exclude a pathologist's expert report for a Pennsylvania exterminator who claims the company's Dursban insecticide products gave him Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. [Link]
‑Dow, Vulcan Fail To Sink PCE Water Pollution Suit
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Dow Chemical Co. and Vulcan Materials Co. of contributing to water pollution in the U.S. Virgin Islands by failing to include the appropriate warnings on solvents containing hazardous materials. [Link]
‑Kaiser Asks To Admit 'Snake Oil' Barb In Neurontin Trial
Plaintiffs in a trial over off-label marketing of Neurontin are asking the court to let them admit evidence that a Pfizer Inc.-employed doctor called the drug “the 'snake oil' of the 20th century.” [Link]
‑FDA Slaps Black Box Warning On Plavix
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added a black box warning to the packaging of Plavix, saying between 2 and 14 percent of the U.S. population cannot properly metabolize the blood-thinning drug and do not benefit from its use. [Link]