Key Victory for Cell Phone Users; Nationwide Lawsuit Against Cingular/AT&T for Overcharges and Poor Cell Phone Service May Proceed, Federal Court Rules
U.S. Newswire, May, 2009
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Contact: Harvey Rosenfield of Consumer Watchdog, 1-310-392-0522 x 303; or Leslie Bailey of Public Justice, 1-510-622-8150 x 203
Court Rejects AT&T's Efforts to Bar Customers From Joining Together to Hold the Company Accountable in Court
SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A class action lawsuit charging that millions of cell phone users were misled and overcharged when Cingular merged with AT&T Wireless in 2004 may go forward, a federal court ruled on Tuesday.
In a victory for consumers nationwide, the U.S. District Court for the District of Washington in Coneff v. AT&Tstruck down a clause in AT&T's contract that the company argued allowed it to force its customers to bring their claims individually in...
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