AT&T U-verse TCPA Class Action Settlement

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit alleging AT&T used an automatic telephone dialing system and/or an artificial or prerecorded voice to contact consumers on their cell phones about AT&T’s U-verse service without first obtaining the prior express consent of the cell phone service subscriber.

If you received a communication from AT&T regarding a U-verse account for which you were not the accountholder, you may be entitled to benefits from the AT&T class action settlement.

Plaintiff Kison Patel initially filed the AT&T class action lawsuit in September 2015, accusing the company of using a predictive dialer and leaving a prerecorded voice message in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Patel says he received a call on his cell phone from AT&T, and when he answered the call, he heard a prerecorded message regarding an account. According to the AT&T class action lawsuit, Patel did not give AT&T permission to contact him on his cell phone about the account, and the call was allegedly not made for emergency purposes. He asserts the phone calls made by AT&T violated the TCPA.

Companies that make calls in violation of the TCPA may be subject to statutory penalties of $500 per violation or $1,500 per willful violation of the TCPA.

AT&T denies the allegations but agreed to settle the TCPA class action lawsuit to avoid the cost, risk and uncertainty associated with ongoing litigation. The company will pay nearly $2 million to settle the TCPA class action lawsuit.

The AT&T class action settlement was preliminarily approved on Oct. 11, 2016.

Who’s Eligible

Class Members of the AT&T settlement include: “All subscribers to those wireless telephone numbers identified as having lodged a complaint prior to November 18, 2015, regarding receiving a communication from AT&T regarding an AT&T U-Verse account for which they were not the accountholder (excluding subscribers of AT&T wireless and/or U-verse services).”

Potential Award

Up to $250.

The actual amount each Class Member receives will depend on the total number of claims filed. Each claimant will be entitled to a base payment of a pro rata share of the settlement fund, up to $250 per claimant. If there is money left over in the settlement fund, the remaining funds will be distributed on a pro rata basis based on the number of automated calls made to the cell phone number, up to $500 per call.

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Claim Form

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Claim Form Deadline

8/15/2017

Case Name

Kison Patel v. AT&T Services Inc. and Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Case No. 1:15-cv-08174, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division

Final Hearing

9/20/2017

UPDATE: The AT&T U-Verse TCPA settlement was granted final approval on September 21, 2017.  Let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our  Facebook page.

UPDATE 2: On Jan. 16, 2018, Top Class Actions viewers who filed valid claims for the AT&T U-verse TCPA settlement started receiving checks in the mail! Congratulations to everyone who got PAID!

Claims Administrator

Patel v. AT&T Services Inc.
c/o KCC Claims Administrator
P.O. Box 43449
Providence, RI 02940-3449
844-510-5939
[email protected]

Class Counsel

Curtis Warner
WARNER LAW FIRM LLC

Defense Counsel

MAYER BROWN LLP