2 Plaintiffs in Motion to Consolidate Comcast Cases Voluntarily Dismiss Their Claims
Brittany Hammond and Tamia Charles voluntarily dismissed without prejudice their negligence class-action claims against Citrix and Comcast without prejudice, said their notice Wednesday (docket 0:23-cv-62409) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale. Hammond et al v. Citrix…
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was one of a dozen actions named in a motion (docket Ref:2401120011) for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation last month, filed by the plaintiff in Hasson v. Comcast Cable Communications. Kenneth Hasson said centralization is appropriate because the related class actions filed in three separate federal district courts arise from the same October data breach that affected the personal information of millions of individuals. Hammond and Charles’ suit asserted claims of negligence and negligence per se; breaches of implied contract and third-party beneficiary contract; unjust enrichment; and violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices and New Jersey Consumer Fraud acts.