Basic Research v. Admiral Insurance Co. (D.C. Utah, November 30, 2009)
Policyholders, manufacturers and marketers of the weight loss pill Akavar 20/50, filed a suit in federal court seeking coverage for defense costs from their insurers for underlying cases accusing the policyholders of false advertising.
Some of the policyholders were first sued in November 2007 in a putative nationwide class action in Utah alleging that the ads regarding weight loss were misleading. In December 2007, the policyholders were hit with a similar …
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