Judge Orders Expedia to Pay Consumers $184 Million for Breach of Contract

King County Superior Court Judge Monica Benton granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in a class action suit against Expedia for hotel fees it charged in millions of transactions. The plaintiffs were represented by Steve Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. The firm says that this is the largest judgment for a consumer class action in Washington State history.

Hagens Berman: Judge Orders Expedia to Pay Consumers $184 Million for Breach of Contract, Hagens Berman press release, June 1, 2009; Expedia ordered to pay $184 million in lawsuit over hotel taxes, fee, Seattle Times, June 1, 2009.

(I checked Expedia's press room to see if it had a press release of its own about this case. Nope. And the press release it did have for June 1 seems a little ironic in light of the judgment: Expedia.com Announces Its Biggest Hotel Sale Ever.)