The NFL got a major call overturned: A federal judge Thursday threw out a jury’s $4.7 billion award to subscribers of the league’s Sunday Ticket, finding that the verdict was unsupported by evidence presented in the class-action case.
In his decision, Judge Philip Gutierrez of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California wrote that the “jury’s damages verdict is clearly not supported by the evidence and must be vacated.” The judge said the $4.7 billion award was based on “guesswork or speculation.”
On June 27, a federal jury in L.A. ordered the NFL
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