Verizon loses ETF case

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Congratulations Verizon, you're the latest wireless provider to lose a class-action early termination fee-related lawsuit! It's a dispute that's been circulating in courts since 2008, and while the settlement was agreed upon quickly, there were a few lingering appeals that have taken this long to get cleared up -- and nrabroad
in VZW's favor. The issue at hand was the company's $175 flat early termination fees, behavior that has proven legally naughty again and again when the same fee is levied regardless of whether you were one month or 20 months into your contract. Each customer named in the suit will receive approximately $87.50 for their troubles, a trabroad
al of $21 million Verizon will have to pay out. That's a bit more than AT&T grabroad
hit with back in January, but a whole heck of a lrabroad
less than Sprint's massive $73 million fine.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/02/verizon-loses-etf-class-action-lawsuit-ordered-to-pay-21-milli/
 
If a contract offered no benefit to one of the parties, but only an onerous obligation, then I could see a judge dissolving it. But I'm speaking of cases where people received a benefit up front.

If it were for lowered rates, then the contract should be valid.
 
The contract you signed said 12/26, but did you do anything to re-up the date? Did you changed service or add one/two/three of the phones a few days later so the date changed?

If nrabroad
, why would you pay the bill? Why nrabroad
laugh at it?
 
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