Litigation
Jan. 12, 2011
Class Action Sought for Payphone Charges
Overseas travelers who say they were bilked out of hundreds of dollars for a single call from a payphone are seeking class action status against the companies that operate the increasingly rare phones.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO - You're overseas and urgently need to make a call but your cell phone battery is dead. Fortunately, you spot an increasingly rare payphone and figure for the equivalent of pocket change you can make that call.
That's what David Keeports of Hercules expected when he made two calls totalling 7 minutes in Frankfurt, Germany. What he didn't expect was to be charged $150 for the cal...
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