Panel Affirms Denial Of Insurers’ Motion To Compel Discovery In Suit Against NFL

(February 12, 2021, 2:23 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York appeals panel on Feb. 11 affirmed a lower court’s denial of  insurers' motions to compel discovery of the National Football League’s defense and settlement materials from underlying lawsuits alleging that it negligently failed to protect former players from brain injuries purportedly caused by concussive head impact, finding that the policies’ cooperation clauses did not operate as waivers of the insured’s attorney-client and work product privileges....