June 22, 2022
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.
June 07, 2022
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.
February 11, 2022
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.
January 10, 2022
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.