AllCutieWants
10-07-2004, 09:06 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge has approved a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Madison Square Garden for allegedly selling seats with obstructed views of Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary concert three years ago.
The judge said the suit potentially covers 7,840 ticket buyers "who received no advance notice that their seats were inadequate for viewing purposes."
The suit filed by Dana Gross, 32, says she paid Ticketmaster $98.50 plus service charges for each of six tickets to see the self-styled King of Pop's concert in September 2001. She's asking for $14 million in damages.
Glen Rosenberg, 33, one of Gross' friends who went to the show, said after the lawsuit was filed, "We couldn't even see the show properly on the TV screens. It was so bad I might as well have been sitting in my bathroom."
Gross' lawyer, Peter Agulnick, said he had no comment on Judge Herman Cahn's ruling, which was made public Wednesday. No date was set for a trial.
Agulnick has said that his client wrote Ticketmaster to complain that her group had to sit behind a wall and could not see Jackson, Britney Spears, Liza Minnelli, Ray Charles or other performers.
Agulnick said Ticketmaster wrote back and basically told Gross, "Tough luck."
The judge allowed the case to go forward on complaints that included deceptive business practices and breach of contract. He noted that a Garden executive conceded employees were aware of the obstructions days before the concert.
Spokeswomen at both Ticketmaster and Madison Square Garden said they would not comment on pending litigation.
:arrow: Greedy people! Ok, I can understand being upset for paying that much money to have a seat where you couldnt see anything, but sue them for $1000 to cover what you lost and a little more. But $14 Million? Come on! Humans kill me!
I do believe that Ticketmaster should reimburse the people that has an obstructed view, but nothing more thant that.
:!: People are so freakin sue happy, so many people are living under the poverty level, and then there are these other people who lose out on $100 and expect $14M in exchange! I really wish more judges would actually put their foot down on these law suits.
IMO - If a judge feels that ticketmaster should be fined heavily for such business practices, then fine, but the money should be distributed like this, reimburse the people who bought the tickets and anything left over donate to a charity or some sort of program that is meant to help people who need it the most (and Im not talking of these people who live off the gov't and do nothing to better them selves, that is a whole other rant!) :smt013
The judge said the suit potentially covers 7,840 ticket buyers "who received no advance notice that their seats were inadequate for viewing purposes."
The suit filed by Dana Gross, 32, says she paid Ticketmaster $98.50 plus service charges for each of six tickets to see the self-styled King of Pop's concert in September 2001. She's asking for $14 million in damages.
Glen Rosenberg, 33, one of Gross' friends who went to the show, said after the lawsuit was filed, "We couldn't even see the show properly on the TV screens. It was so bad I might as well have been sitting in my bathroom."
Gross' lawyer, Peter Agulnick, said he had no comment on Judge Herman Cahn's ruling, which was made public Wednesday. No date was set for a trial.
Agulnick has said that his client wrote Ticketmaster to complain that her group had to sit behind a wall and could not see Jackson, Britney Spears, Liza Minnelli, Ray Charles or other performers.
Agulnick said Ticketmaster wrote back and basically told Gross, "Tough luck."
The judge allowed the case to go forward on complaints that included deceptive business practices and breach of contract. He noted that a Garden executive conceded employees were aware of the obstructions days before the concert.
Spokeswomen at both Ticketmaster and Madison Square Garden said they would not comment on pending litigation.
:arrow: Greedy people! Ok, I can understand being upset for paying that much money to have a seat where you couldnt see anything, but sue them for $1000 to cover what you lost and a little more. But $14 Million? Come on! Humans kill me!
I do believe that Ticketmaster should reimburse the people that has an obstructed view, but nothing more thant that.
:!: People are so freakin sue happy, so many people are living under the poverty level, and then there are these other people who lose out on $100 and expect $14M in exchange! I really wish more judges would actually put their foot down on these law suits.
IMO - If a judge feels that ticketmaster should be fined heavily for such business practices, then fine, but the money should be distributed like this, reimburse the people who bought the tickets and anything left over donate to a charity or some sort of program that is meant to help people who need it the most (and Im not talking of these people who live off the gov't and do nothing to better them selves, that is a whole other rant!) :smt013