SXSW, LLC v. Federal Insurance Company

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:21-cv-00900

Court:

Texas Western

Nature of Suit:

Insurance

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Robert Pitman

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  1. August 27, 2024

    SXSW, Chubb Unit Settle Ticket Coverage Dispute

    The organizers of the South by Southwest festival and a Chubb insurer told a Texas federal court they settled their dispute over coverage for costs stemming from a class action by ticket holders seeking refunds after the 2020 festival was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.