A New York state court judge is being asked to decide whether the Travelers Insurance Co. should be on the hook for defending the National Football League from a pending federal action in California by a group of former athletes who claim the league's promotion of their use of painkillers and opioids during their playing days has left them with long-term health problems.
Travelers had written excess liability coverage for the NFL between 1991 and 2002, and the league has demanded that it provide indemnity and a defense in Dent et al. v. National Football League, No. C-14-2324 KAW, pursuan...
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