Comcast Appeal of Arbitration Defeat Close to Settlement
Comcast and a Florida customer are close to settling the company's appeal of a decision by a U.S. District judge in Tampa not to compel arbitration in the lawsuit that the customer filed against the cable company, said a notice…
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of settlement (in Pacer) filed Tuesday with 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Sue Causey sued Comcast after she signed up for service in 2015, and previous debts from 2009 -- which Causey said were discharged in a 2009 bankruptcy -- were added to her bill. Comcast said it moved to compel individual arbitration in that suit, which the Tampa court denied, ruling the arbitration clause in the 2009 subscriber agreement was discharged in bankruptcy and the 2015 subscriber agreement was unrelated to the operator's attempts to collect a debt under a contract discharged in 2009. Court paperwork shows the Tampa court action is on stay pending the outcome of the appeal.