FORREST v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 01-CV-1101.

805 A.2d 1007 (2002)

Bruce G. FORREST, Appellant, v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Verizon Internet Services, Inc., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria S. Nugent, with whom Michael D. Hausfeld, Gary E. Mason and Alexander E. Barnett were on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Guy Miller Struve, with whom Harry T. Jones, Jr., Washington, DC, and Scott W. Muller were on the brief, for appellees.

Before STEADMAN and REID, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

The question in this case is whether a forum selection clause mandating that claims be brought in Virginia should be applied to appellant's purported class action involving consumers' attempts to register for and use Verizon Internet Services, Inc.'s ("VIS") digital subscriber line ("DSL") service. We hold that enforcement of this clause is reasonable and that all of appellant's claims fall within...

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