Son Sues Dad Over Steelers Season Tickets

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PITTSBURGH -- Blood may be thicker than water, but that's no consolation to a man who contends that his father cheated him out of two Pittsburgh Steelers season tickets.

Daniel Lemke of Cranberry, filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing his father, Herbert Lemke of Murrysville, of backing out of a deal to sell his son the tickets.

Daniel Lemke contends that he paid his father $1,920 in 2003 for two "seat licenses," which give fans the right to purchase season tickets. But the younger Lemke said his father never handed over the ducats because he intends to sell them to somebody else for more money, according to the suit filed in Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court.

Daniel Lemke said he doesn't want his money back, he just wants the seats -- on Heinz Field's lower level in the corner of one end zone -- which the lawsuit said "are unique and have a special value to the plaintiff for which he cannot obtain a duplicate on the open market."

Daniel Lemke declined comment on the lawsuit, calling it a private family matter. His father didn't immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/03/10/son_sues_dad_over_steelers_season_tickets/

[acmavm]

1. It is no longer a private family matter when it hits the courts.

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