LOS ANGELES (Legal Newswire) — A California woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Sprint, alleging false advertising and violation of Unfair Competition Law.
Sylvia Nixon of Los Angeles County filed a complaint, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Feb. 13 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Sprint Communications Inc., alleging the communications company obtained profit through unfair or deceptive trade or commerce.
According to the complaint, Nixon and other similarly situated consumers have suffered monetary damages from being enticed by Sprint to cancel their existing telephone services in exchange for the defendant's offer to pay for termination fees, cut current phone bills in half and provide prepaid Visa cards. The suit says Sprint failed to provide any of these services.
The plaintiff allege Sprint failed to provide advertised products as promised, and issued false statements to deceive consumers into changing their telephone service provider.
Nixon seeks trial by jury, certification as a class action, appoint her and her lawyer class representative and counsel, corrective advertising, actual, punitive, and statutory damages, restitution, attorney fees, court costs, interest, and all other equitable relief. She is represented by attorneys Todd M. Friedman and Adrian R. Bacon of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC in Woodland Hills, California.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California Case number 17-cv-01149