Status Hearing Set in TCPA Class Action Against State Farm
An initial telephonic status hearing is set for Dec. 21 at 9:40 a.m. CST in the class action that alleges State Farm violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (see 2210110009), said an order signed Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John…
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Kness for Northern Illinois. A joint status report is due Dec. 9, it said. State Farm, via third parties acting on its behalf, made telemarketing calls to the cellphone number of Thomas Gebka, a Hendersonville, Tennessee, resident, “without express consent,” in violation of the TCPA, alleged Gebka’s class-action (docket 1:22-cv-05546). The FCC has confirmed that sellers such as State Farm may not avoid TCPA liability by outsourcing their telemarketing activities, it said. State Farm has denied any TCPA wrongdoing.