Knox v. Ironshore Indemnity Inc.

  1. June 22, 2022

    2nd Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In Varvatos Pay Bias Row

    A Liberty Mutual unit doesn't have to pay former John Varvatos menswear employees to cover a $2.1 million judgment against the clothing brand in a pay discrimination suit, a Second Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, agreeing with a lower court on the applicability of a prior acts exclusion.

  2. June 07, 2022

    2nd Circ. Hesitant To Alter Approach In Varvatos Coverage Suit

    Second Circuit judges seemed less than convinced Tuesday that they should let outside voices influence their interpretation of a policy's prior acts exclusion, questioning an argument made by counsel for a class of former John Varvatos menswear employees in a $2.1 million coverage dispute with a Liberty Mutual unit.

  3. February 11, 2022

    John Varvatos Not Covered In Pay Bias Suit, 2nd Circ. Told

    A Liberty Mutual unit urged the Second Circuit to affirm a trial court's holding that it has no obligation to cover a $2.1 million judgment entered against John Varvatos menswear in a pay discrimination suit, saying Friday that the lower court properly applied a "prior acts" exclusion.

  4. January 10, 2022

    Insurer Owes In John Varvatos Pay Bias Suit, 2nd Circ. Told

    A group of former John Varvatos menswear employees asked the Second Circuit to revive their suit for coverage of a $2.1 million judgment ordered in a pay discrimination suit, saying a Liberty Mutual unit relied on an ambiguous exclusion to deny coverage.