Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Those Certain Underwriters at Lloyds
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 14, 1987No. Civ. A. No. 82-1122PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.
This matter has taken us rushing headlong into the past, to events which occurred over twenty years ago and which have now spawned 10 reported decisions in three separate lawsuits.1 For the reader’s sake we will condense that history as best we can.
Prior to 1965, life was relatively simple in Liberty Mutual’s claims departments. Sometime in 1965, the company altered the structure of those offices to create two parallel positions: Claims Representative and Claims Adjuster. The company’s hiring for these positions was gender-based, approaching 100% women…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. WetzelSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Richard JOHNSON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA HIGHWAY EXPRESS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. BarrySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- APPALACHIAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Boston Gas Co. v. Century Indemnity Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Hercules, Inc. v. AIU InsuranceSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Viking Pump, Inc. v. Century Indemnity Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 2009
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Accident & Casualty Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire LitigationDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1992
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