Demmick v. Cellco Partnership
May 04, 2015OUTCOME: Settled for $64,200,000
After 10 years of litigation, Foley Bezek Behle & Curtis settled a national class action against Cello Partnership a.k.a. Verizon Wireless. The settlement received final approval from the United State ... s District Court for the District of New Jersey approving the certified class action that alleged violations of federal, New Jersey and Maryland law arising from certain billing practices of defendant Verizon Wireless. Plaintiffs claimed that: (1) Verizon Wireless had a practice of charging its Family SharePlan customers for certain “overage minutes” at the higher rate applicable to calls made on the secondary line(s), rather than at the lower rate applicable to calls made on the primary line, in circumstances that Plaintiffs allege are improper; and (2) Verizon Wireless had a practice of charging its customers for “In-Network” and/or “In-Family” calls in circumstances that Plaintiffs allege Verizon Wireless had promised would be free.
