Bank v. ICOT Holdings, LLC, 18-cv-02554 (AMD) (PK), 2024 WL 278460 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2024)
Pro se Plaintiff, an attorney, filed a class action lawsuit alleging that two calls he answered at his mother’s house advertising hearing aids, violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227(b) because his mother’s phone number was on the National Do-Not-Call-Registry and nobody had given Defendant express written consent to call the number. Plaintiff filed a motion for summary judgment, placing at issue what constitutes a “called party.” The Court stated that to ...
Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, LP, No. 11-35784, 2012 WL 4902839 (9th Cir. Oct. 17, 2012) Plaintiff bought a computer from Defendant and signed up for a no interest payment plan to finance the purchase. When Plaintiff filled out the paperwork, he provided his contact information, including his phone number. The parties dispute whether Plaintiff signed up for Defendant's reward program. According to Defendant, as a member of its reward plan, Plaintiff consented to Defendant contacting him with program-related communications. Plaintiff claims that while registered with the national ...