Stonebridge Life Insurance Text Message Spam Class Action Settlement

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Stonebridge Life Insurance Company and Trifecta Marketing Group LLC. The class action lawsuit alleged these companies sent or authorized the sending of unsolicited text messages to consumers offering free $100 Wal-Mart gift card vouchers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). If you were sent a text message from 650-283-0793 promoting a $100 Wal-Mart gift card, you could be eligible for payment from the class action settlement.

Who’s Eligible

Class Members of the TCPA class action settlement include all individuals that received a text message from telephone number 650-283-0793 from Nov. 28, 2010 through Dec. 2, 2010.

Potential Award

$155. Class Members must submit timely and valid Claim Forms to be eligible for payment from the text spam class action settlement.

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form

Claim Form Deadline

8/23/2014

Case Name

Lee v. Stonebridge Life Insurance Company & Trifecta Marketing Group LLC, Case No. 3:11-cv-00043-RS, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division.

Case Summary

The TCPA class action lawsuit alleges that Stonebridge authorized Trifecta to send unsolicited text messages that stated, “Thanks 4 visiting our website please call 877-711-5429 to claim your $100 walmart gift card voucher! reply stop 2 unsub.” The text messages may have varied by offering a different dollar amount for the gift card voucher or included a different toll-free number. According to the class action lawsuit, consumers who called the number in the text message would be offered Stonebridge life insurance products by Trifecta.

The text message spam class action lawsuit alleges that Stonebridge and Trifecta violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act because consumers did not agree to receive those text messages.

Stonebridge and Trifecta deny the allegations, but agreed to settle the class action lawsuit to avoid burdensome and costly litigation. The class action settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing.

Final Hearing

7/24/2014

UPDATE 1/8/15: The Lee text message class action settlement was approved at the Final Hearing. According to the Settlement Administrator, checks worth $155 were mailed in October 2014. It appears most viewers did not receive a check because their claim was denied, although notification of denials were not received by many. If you have a question about your claim, you can contact the Settlement Administrator, Kurtzman Carson Consultants, toll free at 1-866-354-3015. 

Settlement Website

www.LeeTextMsgCase.net

Claims Administrator

Lee Text Message Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 43264
Providence, RI 02940-3264
1-877-411-5681

Class Counsel

Ryan D. Andrews
John C. Ochoa
EDELSON PC

Defense Counsel

Tiffany Cheung
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

Alexander Sklavos
ALEXANDER E. SKLAVOS PC