A Bloomingdale couple wants a judge to throw a penalty flag on a relative who they say has placed an illegal hold on their pair of Chicago Bears season tickets.

A lawyer representing Dale and Judith Talbott will be in a DuPage County courtroom Friday seeking a temporary restraining order against Judith Talbott’s brother-in-law, Howard Greenberg.

The Talbotts say Greenberg has, through the first half of the Bears season, shut them out of their share of the four season tickets they have been buying together since 1997.

The request for the restraining order, filed Monday, says that the Talbotts, along with Greenberg, and his wife, Janice, who is Judith Talbott’s sister, are the four shareholders in a Bloomingdale marketing company and that Greenberg served as the president.

In the past, the couples purchased the season tickets through the company and split the tickets evenly, and in 2003, they acquired four personal seat licenses, giving them the right to buy season tickets for the same location in the stadium.

Based on the Bears seating chart and their description in the court action, the seats are in the 10th row, between the 10- and 20-yard lines on the visiting team’s side of Soldier Field.

This season, according to the request, Howard Greenberg acquired the four tickets but has not shared any with the Talbotts, despite a letter from their lawyer urging Greenberg to do so. The restraining order seeks to enjoin Greenberg from using any of the remaining tickets or dispose of the PSLs, which the suit says may be worth about $100,000.

The Talbotts also want the judge to award punitive damages against Howard Greenberg. His wife is not a party to the action.

Timothy Klein, the lawyer for the Talbotts, declined to comment. Attempts to reach Greenberg were not immediately successful.

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