Legal Opinion
Elan Pharmaceutical Research Corp. v. Employers Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 1998No. 96-9249PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This diversity ease requires us to determine the extent of an insurer’s duty, under Georgia law, to defend a claim of patent infringement as an “advertising injury” covered in a pair of commercial liability insurance policies. The appeal also presents the questions of whether Georgia law permits an insured to recover litigation expenses incurred before tendering notice to the insurer and whether a parent company’s liability for patent infringement falls within insurance coverage for stockholder liability. The plaintiff-appellant appeals the district court’s decision to…
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