National Football League v. Vigilant Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Gonzalez, J.
This appeal requires us to determine whether a former college football player’s antitrust lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) challenging the NFL’s draft eligibility rule falls within the employment practices exclusion of an insurance policy issued by defendant Vigilant to the NFL. We find that because the employment practices exclusion is subject to a reasonable interpretation that would render it inapplicable to the subject antitrust claim against the NFL, we reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the complaint and find the exclusion…
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