Scholastic Inc. v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cv-03485

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Insurance

Judge:

Jesse M. Furman

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  1. December 18, 2025

    Top Specialty Line Insurance Decisions From 2025

    The past year of litigation directly addressed key issues in specialty line insurance disputes, including related claims under directors and officers policies, breach of contract exclusions in liability policies, and the right to access insurer reserves. Here, Law360 breaks down some of the most important specialty line decisions of 2025.

  2. September 26, 2025

    Scholastic Gets $19.5M In Legal Fee Insurance Fight

    A New York federal court has awarded Scholastic Inc. $19.5 million as a money judgment with interest against a unit of Travelers Insurance, following years of litigation over whether the insurer had to cover Scholastic's expenses in a separate trademark and copyright infringement case.

  3. September 16, 2025

    Travelers Must Cover Scholastic's IP Suit Costs, Not Damages

    A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that a Travelers unit must cover Scholastic Inc. for costs incurred in its defense and settlement of a trademark and copyright infringement suit, but not pay consequential damages Scholastic had sought.

  4. August 03, 2023

    Scholastic Says Travelers Can't Trim $14M Settlement Suit

    Scholastic urged a New York federal court not to allow a Travelers unit to dismiss or strike certain claims from the book publisher's $14 million excess coverage suit, which alleged that the insurer is ducking its obligations to pay for a covered settlement and defense costs.

  5. May 24, 2023

    Travelers Fights Damages In $13M Scholastic Coverage Row

    Travelers Insurance and its subsidiary told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that they shouldn't owe consequential damages or attorney fees to Scholastic as part of a $13 million coverage suit stemming from the publisher's copyright settlement with Vanderbilt University.

  6. April 26, 2023

    Scholastic Says Travelers Must Cover $13M Settlement

    A Travelers unit has wrongfully refused to provide Scholastic Inc. coverage for more than $13 million remaining in a settlement with Vanderbilt University after the college sued the book publisher and distributor over trademark and copyright infringement, Scholastic told a New York federal court Wednesday.