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Verizon Landline Customers Win Class Action Settlement
By Kimberly Mirando
A class action lawsuit settlement has been reached that will make it possible for Verizon landline customers to receive 100% refunds for unauthorized third-party charges they incurred between 2005 and 2012.
The Verizon third-party billing settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit alleging that Verizon billed its landline phone customers for charges from third-party companies that were not authorized by the customer (a practice known as “cramming”), in violation of federal and state law.
Verizon denies any wrongdoing, but has agreed to settle the class action lawsuit to avoid ongoing litigation.
“Unfortunately, cramming is widespread today because people often don’t even realize that they have been billed. Many consumers have been billed for months and even years for these third-party charges without even knowing it,” said one of the Plaintiff attorneys representing Verizon customers.
The Verizon third-party billing class action lawsuit settlement covers all Verizon landline customers nationwide (including individuals, businesses and local governmental entities) who were billed for third-party charges from April 27, 2005 through February 28, 2012. Class Members will be able to recover 100% of all money they paid in unauthorized third-party charges during that period by submitting a “Full Payment Claim” or recover a refund of $40 by submitting a “Flat Payment Claim.” Both forms will be available at www.verizonthirdpartybillingsettlement.com and must be submitted by November 15, 2012. There is no dollar cap on the monetary recovery to be paid under the Settlement.
Updated March 5th, 2012
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16 thoughts onVerizon Landline Customers Win Class Action Settlement
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE…
I applied for third party summary of charges May 8th and it said that I should receive the summary in two weeks, but I haven’t received anything yet. I don’t think this is going anywhere. I’m hoping that they are just bogged in paperwork and behind. I’ll give it a little more time.
Got notice in mail today. Said to call 1-877-772-6219 or go to http://WWW.verizonthirdpartybillingsettlement.com to request statement. Hope it helps. Gonna try it now.
i am a customer as well for along time where is the claim for at thank you in advance
i agree with all of these customers, how do you get the claim form, nowhere on these sites helps us. no wonder verizon is going down hill.
Very simply…..how do I obtain a Claim Form?
how do i get a claim form to submit in order to file a claim and a summery of charges i was billed
I agree with the previous comments. All I want is the third party charges and the claim form. Verizon has made it very
diffcult to find this information.
i learned absolutely nothing from this site. how do we find out where to get papers to file? thank you verizon for this site. nothing in this site is of any help. no wonder you -verizon- get in trouble
How do you get the summary of Third Party Charges?