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Chicago federal court
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) – A Chicago federal judge won’t hear a proposed class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster parent company Live Nation over its reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ruled March 10 that Live Nation’s terms of service explicitly explain an arbitration clause that prevents the kind of dispute filed by plaintiff John Tezak from going to court.
Tezak said Ticketmaster held users’ money indefinitely after shows were cancelled during the coronavirus outbreak in 2020.
The terms on the company’s website included:
“ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE, OR TO PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD, DISTRIBUTED, ISSUED, OR SERVICED BY US OR THROUGH US, WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION, RATHER THAN IN COURT.”