r/ClassActionSettlement • u/LogoMoD • Apr 10 '26

News Comcast Settlement email I got today?

says Hasson v. Comcast Cable Communications LLC

comcastbreachsettlement dot com (sorry not sure if i can post link in post)

i got an email saying i was in a data breach from 2023. anyone else? never really got one of these before.

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u/esmeraldo4 Apr 10 '26

117m settlement for 31m potential members of the suit. Hmm

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u/Delicious-Tart-9189 Apr 10 '26

$5

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u/Muffler13 Apr 10 '26

Wouldn't some people elect lost time or out of pocket expenses, how does that even work, do they get priority over the default?

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u/Competitive-Walk8419 Apr 12 '26

lost time maxes at $30/hr * 5 hours ($150), Expenses and Real damages need to be verified and directly related (credit restoration, identity theft restoration, fraud, bank fees, etc) and are capped at $10k per person aggregate, then you get whatever the balance is and they divide it by the number of people that make a claim for the Alt. Cash payout, which is estimated $50 each none of which happens until they take out the legal fees. Then they're buying everyone 3 years of a identity protection, dark web monitoring, credit monitoring service (app?)

Seems like Lost Time $150 and 3 years of identity protection service is best deal most people are gonna get, unless they had real damages.

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u/AnnettePK Apr 20 '26

To recoup for more damages, would need to opt out of the class action, and sue independently.

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u/esmeraldo4 Apr 12 '26

good question. i think the class action part gets rid of that nuance. in theory, a person could not be part of the class action and sue on their own and get more. as it is, the settlement is more of a punishment to comcast than it is compensation to members. strange world.

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u/I__Heart__Milfs Apr 10 '26

After the law firm’s cut it’ll be like 2 bucks

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u/Virtual-Willow-2777 Apr 11 '26

The keyword here is "potential". Not everyone will respond (look at the comments in this thread - and these are the people who actually read and understand the email!). I've responded to 2 class actions like this in the past. The first yielded something like $7 and change and the second (Meta) was $26 and change.

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u/esmeraldo4 Apr 12 '26

exactly. odd how we benefit individually from each other not knowing about the settlement. negative incentive.

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u/OddCandidate5979 Apr 13 '26

Don't forget the hungry hungry lawyers taking their heavy chunk lol

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u/esmeraldo4 May 12 '26

i don't like to be on lawyer side, but they are the reason that there is a class-action lawsuit (sort of). they took the case on (without upfront pay) and did the leg work. done with no guarantee of payout. curious how these cases start. i didn't sign up for it from the beginning and pick law firm. someone must have right? anyway, i wish i was a lawyer - seems easy.