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Nov. 2, 2021, 6:34 PM UTC

Vivid Seats $7.5 Million Covid Refund Settlement Approved

Peter Hayes
Peter Hayes
Reporter

Vivid Seats LLC’s $7.5 million settlement of class action claims that it failed to issue full refunds for shows canceled due to the coronavirus won final approval by the Northern District of Illinois.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved the agreement Monday over the opposition of a handful of objectors.

“While the relief does not quite make every claimant entirely whole, it comes close,” Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. said. “Only in a rare case, where liability is overwhelming, will class plaintiffs obtain a full and complete recovery,” he said.

The settlement includes a ...

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