SXSW, LLC v. Federal Insurance Company
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1:21-cv-00900
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November 06, 2023
SXSW Coverage Suit Can Go Back To 5th Circ., Judge Says
The organizers of the South by Southwest festival sufficiently alleged diversity jurisdiction in an amended bid for coverage of a now-settled suit over the festival operator's refusal to provide ticket refunds, a Texas federal magistrate judge said, recommending that the coverage fight be sent back to the Fifth Circuit.
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September 30, 2022
SXSW Loses Bid For Coverage Of Ticket Refund Class Action
The organizers of the South by Southwest festival can't get coverage for an underlying lawsuit brought by refund-seeking ticket holders following the coronavirus-triggered cancellation of the 2020 event after a federal judge adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation that a contract exclusion bars coverage.
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June 23, 2022
SXSW Can't Avoid Exclusion In Refund Suit, Chubb Unit Says
A Chubb unit urged a Texas federal judge to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation that the insurer doesn't owe coverage to organizers of the South by Southwest festival for a class action brought by refund-seeking ticket holders, arguing SXSW is trying in vain to redraft a contractual liability exclusion.
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June 07, 2022
SXSW Says Chubb Unit Shouldn't Prevail In Refund Fight
The organizer of the South by Southwest festival urged a Texas federal judge to reject a recommendation that a Chubb unit be cleared of covering an underlying suit brought by refund-seeking ticket holders, arguing a magistrate judge went overboard in her interpretation of a contractual liability exclusion.
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May 24, 2022
Judge Sides With Chubb Unit In SXSW Refund Coverage Fight
A Chubb unit should not have to cover the South by Southwest festival for an underlying suit brought by ticket holders seeking refunds, a Texas federal magistrate judge said Tuesday, siding with the insurer on the scope of a contract exclusion.
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May 17, 2022
Chubb Unit Says Underlying Deal Beats SXSW Coverage Suit
A Chubb unit told a Texas federal court that the South by Southwest festival's settlement of an underlying suit brought by refund-seeking ticket holders precluded coverage for the settlement and associated defense costs and expenses.
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December 15, 2021
Chubb Unit Says Contracts Bar SXSW's Refund Coverage Suit
A Chubb unit told a Texas federal judge that an exclusion in its policy with the South by Southwest festival precludes it from facing a lawsuit over coverage of refund requests from last year's event that was canceled because of the pandemic.
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November 01, 2021
SXSW Angles To Toss COVID Refund Coverage Fight
The organizers behind the annual South by Southwest festival asked a Texas federal judge for a quick resolution in their dispute with a Chubb unit over coverage of a lawsuit from customers seeking refunds for last year's pandemic-canceled event.
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October 07, 2021
SXSW Wants Defense Against COVID Refund Class Action
The organizers behind the annual South by Southwest festival are suing a Chubb unit, arguing that it is required to defend and indemnify them in a recently settled class action by customers seeking refunds for last year's event, scrubbed for the pandemic.