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Case ID: 2866 | Miscellaneous | 08/30/2004
A class action has been filed against Entergy Louisiana, Inc. and three sibling companies on behalf of Louisiana property owners who allege that the power utility conspired to illegally increase its profits by misusing fiber optic cables in easements on their land in violation of state and federal law. The action seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
In the early 1990s, Entergy began stringing fiber-optic telecommunications cables alongside its power lines as an internal communications system for the multitude of computers that help monitor and operate the company's power transmission grid. It did this with full permission from the landowners, all of whom were paid to sign right-of-way agreements with the company. The easements granted by the landowners allegedly only gave Entergy the right to use the communications network in its own business, though. In 1997, Entergy started a joint venture with a telephone subsidiary of cable television giant Adelphia Communications Corporation to sell telephone service. Two years later, Entergy pulled out of the joint venture and began selling surplus capacity on its fiber-optic network to long-distance phone carriers, Sprint and MCI among them. The action alleges that the easements property owners signed do not cover Entergy's use of the fiber-optic cables for an external telecommunications business. In fact, the action alleges that the utility's use of the fiber-optic lines for internal communications is completely within the scope of the original easement agreements. When Entergy began using the lines to sell telephone service, however, the action alleges that the utility should have negotiated and purchased new easement agreements with each property owner. At Lawcash.com, it is our goal to keep you informed about important legal cases, class actions and settlements. Our lawyers offer free legal evaluations in tort cases, class actions, personal injury, and other lawsuits because we are dedicated to helping you resolve your legal complaints. Other Miscellaneous Cases of Interest The class has been certified in an action filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, on behalf of persons who allege that between January 1, 1956, and the present, priests or members of religious orders employed by the Diocese sexually abused them while they were still minors, in violation of Kentucky common law. Class members should contact class counsel for more information. Tens of thousands of Florida motorists will get compensation under a $50 million class-action settlement approved over the alleged illegal purchase of their motor vehicle records by a bank from the state government. American antitrust law generally prohibits entities from agreeing together to control prices, regardless of the reasons. A Wisconsin class action has been filed against the Madison-Dane County Tavern League and 24 bars near the University of Wisconsin campus on behalf of weekend bar-goers who allege that the bars have been spared together to fix prices in violation of state and federal antitrust law. Attorneys for the Van Buren School District in Arkansas recently argued that a judge's decision granting class-action status in a lawsuit against the Van Buren School District should be overturned because there is no way to determine who would be in the class. The lawsuit was filed by former Van Buren teacher Steve Jones in 2003, claiming he was not compensated for some required non-instructional duty.
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