Comcast Faces Possible Class Action Claims for Customer Credit Reports
Comcast has been obtaining credit reports of people signing up for service without consent, adversely affecting credit scores, an Illinois resident alleged in a putative class action complaint (in Pacer) filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. Mounang Patel…
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alleges he contacted Comcast in March about residential broadband for his new home and paid a $100 security deposit to avoid the credit check, but Comcast subsequently ran a credit report, which lowered his credit score and negatively affected his in-the-works mortgage loan. The suit seeks to represent anyone who after Jan. 14, 2015, paid Comcast a security deposit in lieu of credit check but whose credit reports were nonetheless obtained, and said it believes that class size could be "thousands." It alleges violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and breaches of contact, promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment and asks for actual damages of $100 to $1,000 per person for each violation, plus unspecified punitive damages. Comcast didn't comment Wednesday.