If You Own or Owned Land Under or Next to Railroad Rights of Way In Idaho Where Fiber-Optic Cable was Installed, You Could Receive Money from a Class Action Settlement.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Sprint (“Sprint”) and Level 3 Communications (“Level 3 Communications”) (collectively “Defendants”) in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho (styled Koyle v. Level 3 Communications, Inc.,, et al, Class Action Case No. 01-0286-S-BLW) alleging, among other things, that when Defendants or their predecessors buried fiber-optic cable and installed related telecommunications equipment within railroad rights of way across the United States with the consent of the railroads, Defendants allegedly failed to get consent from adjoining landowners before installing Telecommunications Facilities (such as fiber-optic, copper, or coaxial cables for the transmission of voice or data) in the railroad rights of way, according to the Sprint & Level 3 Communications railroad right of way & fiber optic cable class action settlement notice.
Sprint & Level 3 Communications railroad right of way & fiber optic cable settlement class members reportedly include, unless otherwise excluded, those persons who:
own or co-own (or formerly owned or co-owned) land in the following Counties: Minidoka, Lincoln, Gooding, Elmore, Ada, Canyon, Kootenai, and Bonner that is next to or under a railroad right of way where Telecommunications Facilities have been installed by Sprint and Level 3. This land is referred to as “Covered Property.”
Sprint & Level 3 Communications railroad right of way & fiber optic cable settlement class members reportedly do not include national, state, or local governmental entities, railroads or railroad affiliated entities, native american nations or tribes and those who exclude themselves from the settlement.
The Sprint & Level 3 Communications railroad right of way & fiber optic cable class action settlement will reportedly provide certain cash payments to those who qualify and submit timely claim forms. The settlement also provides the Defendants certain telecommunications easement rights in the rights of way.
The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing at 11:00 a.m. on June 14, 2011, at the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, located at 550 West Fort Street, Boise ID 83724 at which time the Court will reportedly consider whether the Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate.
For more information on the Sprint & Level 3 Communications railroad right of way & fiber optic cable class action lawsuit settlement, visit the Fiber Optic Cable class action lawsuit settlement website:
www.idahofibersettlement.com
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