NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several subsidiaries of Travelers Companies Inc sued the National Football League and a host of other insurers, seeking to avoid paying to defend the league against a wave of brain injury-related claims by thousands of former players and their families.
The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court, one week after the NFL sued three dozen insurance companies in an effort to force them to cover the costs of defending the claims.
According to the Travelers lawsuit, the company provided liability coverage for NFL Properties, the league's merchandising arm, but not the NFL and should not be required to pay for a joint defense. The insurer points out that a “master complaint” filed jointly by some 2,000 former players in June alleges 14 counts against the league, but only two against NFL Properties.
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