9th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Boxing Match Viewers’ Claims That They Were Conned

Mealey's (November 26, 2019, 2:22 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Individuals who watched the May 2015 boxing match between Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in person and on television via pay-per-view purchases failed to show that they were conned when it wasn’t revealed until after the match that Pacquiao had been injured in the previous month, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Nov. 21, upholding the dismissal of numerous class complaints and finding the viewers’ theory of liability to be “potentially boundless” (In Re: Pacquiao-Mayweather Boxing Match Pay-Per View Litigation, Gerald F. Alessi, et al. v. Floyd Mayweather, Jr., et al., Nos. 17-56366, 17-56372, 17-56379, 17-56381, 17-56382, 17-56384, 17-56385, 17-56386, 17-56387, 17-56388, 17-56392, 17-56394, 17-56395, 17-56398, 17-56399 and 17-56401, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 34639)....