NFL, insurers clash over concussion-suit defense

Published August 22, 2012 11:13pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — A fight is brewing between the NFL and insurers over who will pay to defend the league against former players’ lawsuits over head injuries, with the league and carriers now squaring off in cases on each coast.

Some Travelers Companies Inc. subsidiaries filed a lawsuit Tuesday in New York, where Alterra America Insurance Co. filed its own suit last week. Meanwhile, the league sued a list of insurers last week in Los Angeles.

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