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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.