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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES    
Schedule of cases for which service has been tendered and accepted

 

 

 
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
 
 
  2012   2011  

Unresolved at beginning of period

    1,080     1,116  

Tendered during period

    3     10  

Resolved during period(1)

    2     43  

Unresolved at end of period

    1,081     1,083  

(1)
Although the indemnifying party informs us when tendered cases have been resolved, it generally does not inform us of the settlement amounts relating to such cases, if any. The indemnifying party has informed us that it typically manages our defense together with the defense of other entities in such cases and resolves claims involving multiple defendants simultaneously, and that it considers the allocation of settlement amounts, if any, among defendants to be confidential and proprietary. Consequently, we are not able to provide the number of cases resolved with payment by the indemnifying party or the amount of such payments.

 

 
  Year ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2010   2009  

Unresolved at beginning of period

    1,116     1,138     1,140  

Tendered during period

    10     24     18  

Resolved during period(1)

    46     46     20  

Unresolved at end of period

    1,080     1,116     1,138  

(1)
Although the indemnifying party informs us when tendered cases have been resolved, it generally does not inform us of the settlement amounts relating to such cases, if any. The indemnifying party has informed us that it typically manages our defense together with the defense of other entities in such cases and resolves claims involving multiple defendants simultaneously, and that it considers the allocation of settlement amounts, if any, among defendants to be confidential and proprietary. Consequently, we are not able to provide the number of cases resolved with payment by the indemnifying party or the amount of such payments.
Schedule of cases filed and received by the company

 

 
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
 
 
  2012   2011  

Unresolved at beginning of period

    36     37  

Filed during period

    8     9  

Resolved during period

    3     8  

Unresolved at end of period

    41     38  

 

 

 
  Year ended
December 31,
 
 
  2011   2010   2009  

Unresolved at beginning of period

    37     39     43  

Filed during period

    11     5     3  

Resolved during period

    12     7     7  

Unresolved at end of period

    36     37     39