W. Va. Plaintiff Sues to Stop DirecTV’s Allegedly Unlawful Telemarketing Calls
DirecTV authorized its agents to make unsolicited telemarketing calls on its behalf to promote DirecTV’s products and services, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, alleged Diana Mey’s complaint Thursday…
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(docket 5:23-cv-00367) in U.S. District Court for Northern West Virginia in Wheeling. At all relevant times, Mey’s three cellphone numbers were listed on the national do not call registry and used for residential purposes, said her complaint. But despite being listed on the registry, DirecTV, “directly or through one or more intermediaries, initiated telephone calls to the Wheeling, West Virginia, resident to induce the sale of DirecTV’s products and services,” it said. The DirecTV callers spoofed their calls by transmitting phony caller ID “to disguise the true source of the call,” it said. She estimates receiving dozens of DirecTV telemarketing calls, none with her prior written consent. She seeks injunctive relief, plus $1,500 in statutory damages for each knowing and willful TCPA violation.