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<p>The relevant evidence is summarized as follows: Plaintiff (PharmaResearch Corporation) is a pharmaceutical development service company with corporate offices in <PAGE VOL="594" REPORTER="S.E.2d" NO="150"/> Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1997, defendant was plaintiff...</p>
                    
                    
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        STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. v. LEHMAN
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            <p>STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,
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Fred F. LEHMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Milton E. Lehman, Deceased, Appellee.
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant,
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Walter C. WRIGHT, Administrator of the Estate of Donald Dean Wright, Deceased, As Revived in the Name of Margaret Wright, Administratrix De Bonis Non of the Estate of Donald Dean Wright, Deceased, Appellee.</p>
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                <p><span class="at"><PAGE VOL="334" REPORTER="F.2d" NO="438"/> Malcolm Miller, Wichita, Kan. (Robert C. Foulston, Wichita, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellant.</span></p>
                
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<p>An insured of the appellant by the name of Abe Cox was involved in an automobile accident in which there were killed two passengers in the automobile he was driving. Wrongful death actions were brought in the state court of Kansas by the representatives of each of the decedents against the insured...</p>
                    
                    
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