KansasCity.com: “Insurance company for Collective Brands dsiputes liability for verdict“:

American Guarantee & Liability Insurance Co. late Thursday sued in U.S. District Court in Kansas pertaining to the verdict returned in May against Collective, which owns and operates Payless ShoeSource, a 4,600-store discount footwear chain.
Adidas America in 2001 sued Payless for copying its striped footwear design.
A jury awarded Adidas the $305 million, including $137 million in punitive damages, saying Payless willfully copied and sold variations of the Adidas athletic footwear.