'It remains notable that America’s pastime — baseball — is refusing to do right by its fans,' states the complaint against MLB and major ticket sales sites
"America’s pastime — baseball — is refusing to do right by its fans," states the complaint, which also targets the MLB's partner StubHub.
While baseball fans across the country are dismayed about missing opening day and wondering whether this season will happen, the league and major ticket sales sites are facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit from fans who want their tickets refunded. "While many businesses across this country have acted lawfully and ethically by providing consumers with refunds for events that will never occur during this pandemic, sometimes at the risk of bankruptcy, it remains notable that America’s pastime — baseball — is refusing to do right by its fans," writes attorney David Azar in the complaint, which is posted below.
The lawsuit — which was filed by a New York Mets 2020 season ticket holder and a woman who bought a pack of six tickets to a Yankees-Red Sox game that had been scheduled for May — targets the league itself, each individual team, StubHub, Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation. While both lead plaintiffs are New York residents, their attorneys argue Live Nation is based in California and so are the Angels and Dodgers — plus residents of the state are likely affected.
There are two proposed classes, one for people who bought regular season tickets directly from the teams and another for people who bought them on the secondary market. Their claims include unfair competition, civil conspiracy and unjust enrichment and they're seeking full restitution and an injunction ordering defendants to notify customers of their rights and preventing them from denying future refunds related to the pandemic.
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