New Jersey Court Throws Out State’s Fraud Suit Against Springsteen Ticket Sellers

The New Jersey Superior Court recently threw out a lawsuit filed by the State against ticket resellers Orbitz Worldwide and TicketNetwork Direct. The suit arose from the sale of tickets to Bruce Springsteen shows at Giants Stadium last year, six days before Ticketmaster began selling tickets. The state alleged that the resellers had violated New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act by offering tickets, some of which they did not actually possess or which did not correspond to actual seats, before they were made available to the public. Both Orbitz and TicketNetwork Direct operate as an internet market-places for independent ticket sellers; neither possessed actual tickets for sale. The Superior Court held that these providers do not have liability for a ticket seller’s mistake in the description of an item being sold.

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