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AT&T Customers Win Class Action Settlement Jackpot
By Kimberly Mirando
Almost 7,000 AT&T customers in California have hit the class action lawsuit settlement jackpot, with each receiving $1,000 or more for overcharges on their phone bills that for most of them amounted to a fraction of that. The payout underscores why it’s beneficial for Class Members of any class action lawsuit to fill out claims, even if they think a settlement payout will be small or don’t know how much money they will receive.
The AT&T class action settlement payout will go to AT&T residential landline customers in California between August 2001 and March 2003 who responded to newspaper and Web ads published statewide. One of the Plaintiff attorneys said no attempt was made to contact potential Class Members by mail because AT&T produced such poor records that the cost of providing individual class action settlement notices could have exceeded $2 million, or 20-percent of the fund.
The AT&T settlement is the result of a class action lawsuit that accused AT&T of charging its California long-distance customers more Universal Service Fund fees than allowed during that 20-month period.
AT&T was ordered to set up a $10.9 million class action lawsuit settlement fund to repay victims. Anyone who responded to the ads with a valid claim before April 29, 2011, was eligible to receive somewhere between $5 and $1,000 per phone line, depending on how many people responded.
If all of the estimated 6 million AT&T customers had filed a claim, the class action lawsuit settlement payout would have been about $2 per person. However, only 6,961 people with 9,045 phone lines submitted valid claims. As a result, starting this month the settlement administrator will mail checks for $1,000 to each of the claimants.
Updated March 1, 2012
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28 thoughts onAT&T Customers Win Class Action Settlement Jackpot
when will iI receive my settlement check in the mail and how much will it be
I have received my bill summary.Could you please send me another claim form so I could print it fill it out and send it in.I will send both the claim form and the bill summary.Thanks, Joan Beaudoin.
I also have not recieved any informationm regarding paymnts. After filing my claim I did recieve a postcard from ” ATT Third Party Billing Settlement Admistrator” for me to call 18662420603 to get my billing summary. They sent me a form I completed it and returned it yet I have not heard from anyone. What is the process for this type of situation? Thank You
i just found out about the lawsuit
Over 1 year ago I received some legal papers from some law firm informing me about a class action lawsuit against AT&T. I signed the papers & returned it by mail. The other day a friend of mine received a check in the mail for $250.00 for the settlement. He had also received a check over 6 months ago from another firm for the same settlement. I haven’t received anything. I had AT&T as my long distance provider from 1995 – 2000. I called this phone # (206) 838-3210 that was imprinted on my friend’s check. I left several messages for them to return my call but they haven’t. So
HAvent received any information……is this just another scam for the public to get screwed AGAIN!!!! whats going on with atnt…..REALLY!!!!!!!
WHERES MY CHECK ALSO>>>>>>>NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION!!!!
Wondering if i am going to get a Check my claim number is 1LXW2MBVKK
havent receved ck yet
AT&T would not work in my new area. . contacted AT&T months in advance. . .new house has long, winding driveway. .. dangerous for baby in car. ..phone no workem’ for 3 miles. .VERIZON worked fine. .. AT & T offered to put up a tower that worked JUST AROUND THE HOUSE. . .told them no. . .I spend days on the phone with them. . tried to opt out for a lesser charge. . was lied to and told this was okay. . .paid it. .($323). . .still got charged $700 in fines for going to new phones early. .. .and they turned us over to credit collection when we balked. . . so I paid the credit collectors instead. . .
AT&T owes me. .. .doug@snowshoepublishing.com