Cable Monopoly Class Recertified

In Behrend et al. v. Comcast Corp., Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge John R. Padova has handed down a win to cable TV customers accusing Comcast Corp. of illegally establishing a monopoly in the Philadelphia area, recertifying a class after Comcast invoked a 2008 appeals court ruling in In re Hydrogen Peroxide Litigation to get the court to reconsider its initial decision to grant certification.  In granting plaintiffs’ motion for class recertification, the court was convinced that the element of antitrust impact potentially could be proven at trial through evidence common to the class, and that there was a common methodology available to measure and quantify damages on a classwide basis. 

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