Spector & Roseman, P.C. Announces that First Late Fees Class Action Lawsuit was Certified Against Comcast Cablevision.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999--

Suit Alledges Customers Were Seriously Overcharged

According to Spector & Roseman, P.C., class certification was granted last night by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Stephen Levin to two plaintiffs who were Comcast Cablevision of Philadelphia customers who believed they were overcharged with exorbitant late fees for overdue bills.

With this Court certification, the thousands of consumers of Comcast Cablevision of Philadelphia who paid late fees from December 24, 1991 through the present are automatically included in a law suit seeking financial recovery for their payment of excessive late fees.

"Under current law, a company can only charge late fees that are reasonably related to the cost the company incurs," said Jeffrey Kodroff, co-lead counsel for the new class and a partner in the Philadelphia-based Spector & Roseman. "In other cable late fee cases, courts have found that late payments cost companies no more than approximately 50 cents, but Comcast was charging its customers $6 which is 12 times that amount."

The suit seeks reimbursement for all late charges, above Comcast's actual costs that were billed within the last five years. "Since we filed the first complaint against Comcast a few years ago, several other cases have been filed around the country. Now that our case has been certified as the first class action of its kind, the results of this case may have far reaching implications against Comcast and other cable companies around the country," said Kodroff.

For more information about the class action law suit against Comcast Cablevision or the issue of potential excessive late fees being charged by cable companies, contact Jeffrey Kodroff at [phone] or e-mail Kodroff at [e-mail].