The date of the original class action lawsuit filing is unavailable.
The Class Members include all United States citizens who received Joya’s promotional text message on or prior to March 2, 2017. According to the lawsuit, this text message included the person’s name and a link such as nowpolo.com, videokiks.com, onpolo.com, onmarcopolo.com, or polo-app.com.
The Class Members include all United States citizens who received Joya’s promotional text message on or prior to March 2, 2017. According to the lawsuit, this text message included the person’s name and a link such as nowpolo.com, videokiks.com, onpolo.com, onmarcopolo.com, or polo-app.com.
Crossley, et al. v. Joya Communications Inc., Case No. 16-CH-14771 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County Department, Chancery Division
Plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit allege Joya Communications violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by sending unsolicited text messages to several mobile users in order to self-promote the apps Marco Polo and VideoKik.
The Class Members include all United States citizens who received Joya’s promotional text message on or prior to March 2, 2017. According to the lawsuit, this text message included the person’s name and a link such as nowpolo.com, videokiks.com, onpolo.com, onmarcopolo.com, or polo-app.com.
The date of preliminary approval of this settlement is unavailable at this time.
Eligible Class Members will receive a cash payment from the $3.75 million settlement fund.
The exact amount of this payment will depend on the number of eligible Class Members who file a claim.
To make a claim, Class Members must submit a claim form with their name, current address, email address, telephone number that received the text messages, and an affirmation statement saying that they received the message from Joya Communications regarding Marco Polo or VideoKik on or before March 2, 2017.
Class Members whose claim is less than $3 will not receive a payment. These amounts and any money from uncashed checks will be distributed to an agreed-upon organization.
In addition to the monetary relief, Joya Communications also has agreed that if it allows its mobile app users to invite others to the apps via text message, its text-messaging program will comply with the law. The company also will maintain records as evidence of this compliance.
Class Members have the right to opt out of this current settlement. To do so, Members must send a letter asking to be excluded from this current class action lawsuit. Class Members may also choose to object to the settlement.
Requests to be excluded from the settlement should be postmarked no later than Nov. 15, 2021.
Class Members who do not file a claim or opt out will be bound by the settlement agreement but they will not receive a payment. They will not be eligible to pursue any future lawsuit regarding this matter.
A final fairness hearing took place June 29, 2017. At the time, Joya Communications was a startup and did not have enough money to pay for the settlement, but it began creating a settlement fund at that time.
The initial deadline to file a claim is Jan. 10, 2022. Class Members who received a supplemental notice of the settlement are eligible to file a claim up until March 9, 2022.
The claim deadline was March 9, 2022.
