Montoya et al v. Comcast Corporation

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Case Number:

2:15-cv-02573

Court:

California Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Cable/Satellite TV

Judge:

Troy L. Nunley

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  1. September 23, 2016

    Comcast Can Arbitrate Hacked Family's Negligence Suit

    Comcast Corp. won the right to arbitrate a lawsuit against the cable giant over an alleged security breach that allowed hackers to steal a family's information and harass them when a California federal judge ruled Thursday the family was bound by the contract's arbitration clause.

  2. March 18, 2016

    Comcast Says Hacked Family Doesn't Fit 'Subscriber' Mold

    Comcast said Thursday that a family suing over alleged hacking breaches is trying to "vastly expand the universe" of cable companies' liability in the California federal court suit over security lapses that the family says allowed hackers to steal the family's information and repeatedly harass them.

  3. March 11, 2016

    Hacked Calif. Family Say They Were Comcast Subscribers

    A California family suing Comcast over alleged security lapses that led hackers to steal their information and harass them urged a California federal judge Thursday not to dismiss their suit, claiming that they are subscribers as defined by state and federal law, despite Comcast's argument otherwise.

  4. January 26, 2016

    Comcast Says Hacked Calif. Family Aren't Customers

    A local Comcast subsidiary told a California federal court on Monday that a family accusing the Internet service provider of failing to keep their account from being hacked never actually had an account and therefore doesn't have the right to sue.

  5. December 14, 2015

    Comcast Customers Blame Lax Security Protocols For Hacking

    A California family claims Comcast violated state and federal law by making it possible for hackers to repeatedly access their account, leaving them vulnerable to credit theft, fraudulent calls to emergency services and other harassment, in a suit removed to federal court Friday.