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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Ranjan finds that a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical resident are entitled to legal defense under their employer’s liability policy from defamation claims by the chair of the hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery department, alleging the couple illegally obtained evidence with which to start a retaliatory smear campaign against him after he discovered their workplace romantic affair and reassigned them to separate work areas. The court finds that because it is within the doctor’s job description to ensure the safety of their patients, the hospital insurer has a duty to defend them from allegations relevant to their job duties, such as accessing patient medical records to facilitate a medical malpractice claim from a botched lung transplant, and bugging an exam room to record a conversation between the department chair and his physician about his own Suboxone use.