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This settlement is closed!
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UPDATE 3:
- Verizon Wireless customers have reported to TCA that they recently have received checks in the mail for as much as $52.28 as of early June 2021.
- Congratulations to everyone who submitted a claim and got PAID!
UPDATE 2:
- On February 22, 2017, Top Class Actions viewers who filed timely and valid claims for the Verizon Wireless Family SharePlan class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $13.58!
UPDATE:
- November 22, 2016: The settlement website has been updated stating that bill credits will be issued to current Verizon customers on January 27, 2017. Checks will be mailed to non-customers on February 27, 2017. Let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging that Verizon Wireless improperly billed some of its Family SharePlan customers. If you subscribed to a Verizon Wireless Family SharePlan (FSP) between May 11, 2002 and May 10, 2006, you could be eligible for benefits from the class action settlement.
The Verizon class action lawsuit alleged Verizon improperly billed Family SharePlan customers whose plans provided for different per-minute rates for “after-allowance” minutes used by different phone lines and charged Family SharePlan customers for “In-Network” or “In-Family” calling when these calls should have been free under the customers’ plans. According to the class action lawsuit, Verizon improperly billed customers for different per-minute rates for “after-allowance” minutes used by different phone lines, in violation of its customer contracts and in violation of state and federal law
Verizon denies the allegations but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit to resolve the litigation. The Verizon Family SharePlan class action settlement received preliminary approval on Nov. 19, 2014.
Who’s Eligible
You are a Class Member of the Verizon class action settlement if you are a member of the FSP Settlement Class and/or the In-Network Settlement Class (defined below).
FSP Settlement Class: Includes all U.S. residents who were Verizon Wireless customers and who, between May 11, 2002 and May 10, 2006, were subscribed to a Family SharePlan covering two or more persons with different per-minute rates for minutes used after the shared plan allowance was exhausted (“after-allowance minutes”) and who were assessed charges for after-allowance minutes at a rate higher than the rate associated with the phone used to make or receive the calls after the allowance minutes were exhausted, calculated on a real-time basis.
In-Network Settlement Class: Includes all U.S. residents who were Verizon Wireless customers and who, between May 11, 2002 and May 10, 2006, were subscribed to a Family SharePlan that offered free “In-Network” or “In-Family” calling, and who were charged for “In-Network” or “In-Family” calling.
Potential Award
Members of the FSP Settlement Class and In-Network Settlement Class are entitled to receive an equal portion of the $36.7 million settlement fund that remains after the administrative fees and other settlement costs are deducted. Class Members who are Verizon customers on the date the payments are distributed will receive a bill credit, while former Verizon customers will receive a check.
In addition, Verizon will provide In-Network Settlement Class Members with personal identification numbers (PINs) that will each contain 600 calling units (one calling unit is equal to one minute for a domestic call). These PINs can be used to make domestic or international calls (the number of calling units needed per minute for an international call will depend on the country called).
NOTE: Class Members who received a notice by mail or email, and who do not exclude themselves from the class action settlement, will automatically receive benefits from the Verizon Family SharePlan settlement. If you did not receive a notice but believe you are a Class Member, you must complete and submit a Claim Form.
Proof of Purchase
N/A
Claim Form Deadline
4/29/2015
Case Name
Demmick, et al. v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Case No. 2:06-cv-02163-JLL-MF, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Claims Administrator
Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC
Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 43329
Providence, RI 02940-3329
1-877-482-8742
Class Counsel
Robert A. Curtis
FOLEY BEZEK BEHLE & CURTIS LLP
Defense Counsel
Henry Weissmann
MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON LLP
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52 thoughts onVerizon Wireless Family SharePlan Class Action Settlement
Anyone received a check yet in Illinois?
when are checks going to be mailed?
Status? It is now 7/29/15. Does anyone have any updates on this suit?
There were nine people claiming to be class members who objected to the settlement. Only one of those objectors appeared through counsel at the March 30, 2015 hearing, and the Court overruled all of the objections to the settlement when the Court issued its orders granting final approval to the settlement. However, seven of those objectors have filed appeals challenging the Court’s Final Approval Orders.
Until those appeals are resolved, there can be no settlement distributions to the class members. Once the appeals have been resolved and there is a projected time line for the distributions to the settlement class members, that information will be posted on this website.
Has this moved forward, cant get anyone on the phone
Lester what the heck do your complaints have to do with Verizon ?
I was about to ask same thing ????
cigna droped all my insurance while comatose from a steering recall in a 1997 chevy lumina read NHTSA i mad 3 posts
hilton fired me for my disability refused to rehire me. made medicaid pay all my bills even ran a fundraiser on company property during work hours led by hilton trainer to support his addiction he is in methodone clinic for. then they retaliated against me during the eeoc investigation and are gonna learn
How do i excludevmyself from Herbalife?