Charter, Spectrum Abandon Appeal Over Free Goods for Legacy Customer
Charter Communications and its Spectrum affiliate in Florida seek the voluntary dismissal of their 11th U.S. Circuit appeal that sought to cut off the supply of free equipment and services to a legacy subscriber, said their motion Thursday (docket 22-13931).…
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Charter and Spectrum, as successor companies to Sanlando Cablevision and Storer Communications, in which plaintiff Harry Jacobs was a shareholder, sought to overturn a district court’s order granting summary judgment in Jacobs’ favor. Jacobs successfully sued to force Charter and Spectrum to continue supplying him with free equipment and services under a lifetime shareholder agreement he signed with Sanlando Cablevision before Storer bought it in 1983 (see 2212120034). As successor to that agreement, Spectrum provided Jacobs with free cable TV, home phone and high-speed internet services and related products since 2016. Jacobs’ account was “consistent” with those of other customers who received complimentary devices and services. But he sued after learning he wasn’t receiving all channels or the fastest internet speeds that Spectrum offered, nor was he receiving the mobile phones and wireless service that Spectrum offers paying customers. Jacobs’ lawyer takes no position on the motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeal, said an 11th Circuit text-only docket entry.