June 20, 2023
A protracted scuffle between the Pro Football Hall of Fame and NFL fans who bought tickets in 2016 to a game that never took place has ended in a settlement of up to $750,000 that will allow class members to be reimbursed for the price of the ticket, air, train and bus fare, lodging, ground transportation and parking.
December 01, 2020
An Ohio federal judge has granted class certification to a group of NFL fans who sued over the abrupt cancellation of the 2016 Hall of Fame Game, finding that a revised definition of the original class allows the breach of contract suit to move forward.
November 01, 2019
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is urging an Ohio federal court to deny certification to a proposed class of fans who sued over the cancellation of the 2016 Hall of Fame Game, saying they haven't corrected the issues that made the court reject previous certification attempts.
November 05, 2018
Jilted fans suing the National Football Museum in a proposed class action for canceling its 2016 Hall of Fame Game asked an Ohio federal court Monday to certify a liability-only class for the 3,000 or so fans who haven't already taken the NFL's reimbursement offer.
September 26, 2018
An Ohio federal judge has denied class certification to NFL fans who claim the National Football Museum breached its contract with them by canceling the 2016 Hall of Fame Game at the last minute, ruling that the league's reimbursement offer is a superior resolution and the question of damages varies too much among proposed class members.
January 16, 2018
Ticket holders to the 2016 NFL Hall of Fame Game urged an Ohio federal court Monday to certify a nationwide class and name Eagan Avenatti LLP as class counsel in their breach of contract suit over the eleventh-hour cancellation of the preseason game.
December 11, 2017
An Ohio federal judge refused Monday to restrict the Pro Football Hall of Fame's communications with disgruntled ticket holders suing over the last-minute cancellation of the 2016 NFL Hall of Fame Game, finding the museum's attempts to get the proposed class members to accept refunds were not misleading or malicious.
April 27, 2017
A proposed ticket-holder class action in Ohio federal court over the abruptly canceled NFL Hall of Fame Game last year will now focus on the operator of the Canton, Ohio, museum that runs the annual preseason contest, after plaintiffs dropped their claims against the NFL on Wednesday, though they reserved the right to refile.