Fayetteville Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

This case involves the duty of a telephone company to provide adequate service and the sanctions that the commission may impose upon a company for failure to so provide service.

R.C. 4905.224 imposes upon public utilities the duty to “furnish necessary and adequate service.” The commission found that appellant was not providing adequate service;5 therefore, the commission’s next question was what sanction to impose for failure to furnish adequate service.6 The commission chose to impose the ultimate sanction: forfeiting the privilege of operating. The commission ordered appellant’s telephone…