Parties Ask to Dismiss TCPA Claims Against Tranzact, Burial Insurance Seller
Virginia Cole and Tranzact jointly moved for dismissal of Cole’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act claims against Tranzact with prejudice under Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, said their motion Thursday (docket 3:23-cv-01083) in U.S. District Court for…
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Middle Tennessee in Nashville. Cole and Tranzact notified the court Jan. 19 of a tentative settlement, it said. They have since finalized the settlement agreement “such that it is appropriate for Tranzact to be dismissed with prejudice,” it said. There’s no indication that allowing this dismissal would unduly prejudice the remaining defendant, John Doe Corp., it said. Cole alleged that Tranzact, which sells burial insurance, waged a campaign to market its services through a third party, temporarily called John Doe Corp., that made telemarketing calls to numbers on the national do not call registry, in “plain violation” of the TCPA (see 2310180011).