Comcast Corp. has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it engaged in business practices that resulted in subscribers paying higher prices for cable television services in the Pennsylvania area. If you subscribed to Comcast cable TV services in the Philadelphia area between 2003 and 2008 (or if you are a current Comcast subscriber), you may be eligible for benefits from the class action settlement.

The Comcast class action lawsuit was initially filed in 2003, and alleged that Comcast unlawfully monopolized the Philadelphia television services market. Comcast has vigorously fought the class action lawsuit and appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010. In its Comcast v. Behrend decision, the Supreme Court determined that certification of the Class was inappropriate because the plaintiff had not established that the proposed Class Members had enough in common.

Subsequently, plaintiff Stanford Glaberson filed an amended Comcast class action lawsuit that was limited to Comcast subscribers in the Philadelphia area. Comcast denies the allegations but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit to avoid the cost and risk of a trial. The Comcast class action settlement was preliminarily approved on Dec. 12, 2014.