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Caddies Lose Class-Action Lawsuit Against PGA Tour Over Bib Ads

Caddies "lost their class-action lawsuit" against the PGA Tour when a federal judge in California ruled that they "signed a contract with the tour that requires them to wear bibs as part of their uniform and cannot claim that corporate sponsorship on the bibs makes them human billboards." U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria last night dismissed the suit "without prejudice, which typically means it cannot be refiled." The lawsuit began with 81 caddies and had grown to 168 caddies. Chhabria also found "no merit to claims of antitrust and trademark law, along with complaints of publicity rights and that contracts were signed under duress" (AP, 2/10).

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