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MONDAY AUGUST 17 2009
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Sprint to pay $17.5 million because of termination fees
OVERLAND PARK — Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the fees it has charged customers who end their wireless contracts early are illegal.
The Overland Park-based provider said it would pay $14 million into a common fund and provide an additional $3.5 million in non-cash benefits to class members. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, covers Sprint, Nextel or Sprint Nextel customers who signed personal or mixed personal/business service contracts between July 1, 1999, and Dec. 31, 2008.
Sprint said it would not insert a flat early termination fee provision in its customer contracts until 2011 but may charge pro-rated fees up until then. The company has denied that the fees are illegal. A hearing to approve the settlement is scheduled for Oct. 21.
Associated Press
CELEBRITY Book on Smith's death subject of libel lawsuit
NEW YORK — A New York City judge said a jury could decide whether the author of a best-selling book about the death of Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith defamed her lawyer by calling him a pimp.
Federal Judge Denny Chin found plenty of reasons Wednesday to let the jury hear the facts behind a $60 million libel lawsuit brought by lawyer Howard K. Stern against "Blonde Ambition" author Rita Cosby. The judge said the veteran television news anchor's book contained allegations that may be too explosive to be true, such as claims the lawyer had sex with one of Smith's former boyfriends and acted as her pimp.
Smith was found unconscious in a Florida hotel room in 2007 and was declared dead of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. A lawyer for Cosby did not return a telephone message seeking comment.
Associated Press
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