LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Sprint is backed into a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers and violating California s Unfair Competition Law and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
The complaint was filed on May 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by plaintiffs Teresa Gutierrez and Michael Camou.
According to the complaint, Sprint was sued in regard to its Flex Lease Agreement program, a cell phone plan marketed as affordable with low monthly payments and a contract cancellation option.
The plaintiffs allege that consumers are forced to pay significantly more than the value of their phones because of the mobile carrier s monthly charges after the lease ends, the requirement to make additional payments at the end of the lease in order to own the device and the inability for consumers to cancel their contract after the lease period has ended.
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Two Sprint Corporation customers have filed a complaint against the mobile service provider in connection with the companyâs Flex Lease Agreement program. The Central District of California lawsuit alleged that the Flex Lease program includes unfair, confusing, and ambiguous terms that ultimately gouge customersâ pocketbooks.
Last Fridayâs filing explained that Sprint, which merged with T-Mobile US last April, offers the Flex Lease program to provide customers with a leased mobile phone device at a low monthly cost and the ability to cancel the contract after a set time period. However, consumers allegedly pay significantly more than the value of their devices due to Sprintâs ongoing monthly charges after the contract period concludes.
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