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Friday 28 September 2018

NFL defends

lawsuit

alleging Super WINNING
Bowl ticket

violations

By DAVID PORTER CITY
Associated Press
The National Football
League defended itself
Thursday against charges
that its ticketing policies for
the 2014 Super Bowl violat-
ed New Jersey's consumer
fraud law, in arguments
before the state Supreme
Court that reached a
granular level with disputes
over words in the statute
including "the" and "those."
The case was spurred by
a 2014 federal lawsuit filed
by a New Jersey man who
claimed he was forced to
pay more than double the
$800 face value for a ticket
on the secondary market
because of the NFL's policy
of making just 1 percent of
the tickets available to the
public through a lottery.
Josh Finkelman is seeking
class-action status for him-
self and thousands of other
fans in a case that could
translate to millions of dol-
lars in damages.
His attorney, Bruce Nagel,
argued Thursday that the
NFL's policy violated the
part of New Jersey law re-
quiring events to make 95
percent of tickets available
to the public, considered
the strictest law of its kind
in the country at the time.
That portion of the law has
since been repealed.
"The NFL has never denied
they never made 95 per-
cent available," Nagel told
the court. "That is proof
positive that the statute
not only is applicable but Cubs clinch 4th straight playoff
has been violated."
Attorneys for the NFL coun-
tered that the lottery didn’t spot, eye NL Central
constitute a public sale,
and thus didn’t trigger the
consumer fraud law.
Chicago Cubs' Albert Almora Jr., top, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off single against the Pittsburgh Pirates during
Continued on Page 22 the 10th inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in Chicago.
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