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Case ID: 5199 | Consumer Products | 10/15/2008
A class action has been filed on behalf of California residents against Cingular Wireless claiming that the company failed to adequately disclose its practice of charging consumers multiple times for the same airtime minute of cell phone use. The action is titled Paton v. Cingular Wireless, et. al., No. 428855, and is pending in the California Superior Court for the County of San Francisco.
The lawsuit alleges that "Cingular bills Airtime used by customers in one-minute increments," and that because of "the unreliability of the Cingular wireless system," when dropped calls "force customers to reinitiate the same connection or call . . . within the same minute," Cingular bills customers multiple times for the same minute. In some instances, customers have been billed three times for a single airtime minute. The case was filed on July 16, 2004. At this time, additional consumers are needed to continue the case. If you are a resident of California who has, or has had, a cellular telephone contract with Cingular Wireless at any time from the year 2000 to the present, and wish to discuss your possible legal remedies for Cingular's alleged non-disclosures of its multiple-minute billing practices, please e-mail us at kevin.oufnac@kgscounsel.com, or call our New Orleans office, toll free, at (866) 467-1400, ext. 107. Unless additional consumers come forward, this case may end before a judge or jury can decide whether Cingular's practice of failing to adequately disclose its same-minute billing practices is illegal. Register your Cingular Wireless ComplaintIf you or someone you know has been affected by this case, you may qualify for a money settlement as the result of your financial/economic or other damages that may be awarded either prior to a lawsuit or after the initiation of a lawsuit either currently in progress or filed just for you, possibly a class action lawsuit. Please simply register your complaint by clicking here for Cingular Wireless, or click the red "submit" button on this page, and a lawyer will review your Cingular Wireless complaint. By submitting your complaint, you are asking lawyers to contact you. You are under no obligation to accept their services and you are free to choose which lawyer you want to work with. Lawyers are usually paid out of the proceeds of the settlement or verdict rendered - the lawyers work on "contingency" by fronting the costs of your lawsuit based on their belief that they will recover a settlement for you. 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 Consumer Products Cases of Interest A class action lawsuit is being launched against Maple Leaf Foods, after evidence surfaced this weekend that the company's Toronto plant was the source of a fatal listeria outbreak in tainted meats. British Airways and Virgin have been hit with a potentially damaging and expensive class-action lawsuit over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy.
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