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Sprint offered cell phone contracts lasting 1 or 2 years. ETFs could be $200. | Sprint offered cell phone contracts lasting 1 or 2 years. ETFs could be $200. | ||
|procedural_history=Sprint customers filed a class-action lawsuit. | |procedural_history=Sprint customers filed a class-action lawsuit. | ||
The jury found that Sprint had collected over $73 million dollars in ETFs from the class members. These early terminations had in turn cost Sprint $225 million in damages. | |||
The trial judge found the ETFs [https://www.quimbee.com/keyterms/liquidated-damages Liquidated Damages] (a penalty). | |||
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|link=https://casetext.com/case/cellphone-fee-termination-cases | |link=https://casetext.com/case/cellphone-fee-termination-cases | ||
Revision as of 12:50, August 30, 2023
| Cellphone Termination Fee Cases | |
| Court | California Court of Appeal for the First District |
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| Citation | 193 Cal.App.4th 298 |
| Date decided | March 3, 2011 |
Facts
Sprint Corporation charged early termination fees (ETFs) for its cell phone clients.
Sprint offered cell phone contracts lasting 1 or 2 years. ETFs could be $200.Procedural History
Sprint customers filed a class-action lawsuit.
The jury found that Sprint had collected over $73 million dollars in ETFs from the class members. These early terminations had in turn cost Sprint $225 million in damages.
The trial judge found the ETFs Liquidated Damages (a penalty).
