Verizon’s Claims vs. CBE Dismissed, Pending April 3 Mediation
It’s “stipulated and agreed” between Verizon and its debt collector CBE Customer Solutions that Verizon’s claims against CBE are voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, in light of their mediation scheduled for April 3, said their joint stipulation Tuesday (docket 1:22-cv-08703) in…
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U.S. District Court for Southern New York. The dismissal is with leave for Verizon to move within 30 days of the mediation date, by May 3, “to reopen the case and proceed to trial if settlement is not fully effectuated,” it said. Verizon alleged CBE refused to comply with an indemnification agreement between the parties, costing the carrier nearly $6.1 million in damages and court costs spent in negotiating, finalizing and executing a Telephone Consumer Protection Act class settlement (see 2210140026). CBE countersued, alleging any negligence that mushroomed into a TCPA class action and settlement was of Verizon’s doing, not CBE’s (see 2211210034)