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UPDATE 2:
- Claimants in this class action settlement reported receiving second payments of $2.50 in late April 2021.
- Congratulations to everyone who made a claim and got paid!
UPDATE:
- On April 16, 2018, Class Members in a Carnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean settlement have been asked to provideadditional proof for their claims.
- The claimants have until May 1, 2018, to respond to the settlement administrator with additional proof or to opt out of the settlement.
Recipients of cruise line telemarketing phone calls from Carnival, Norwegian or Royal Caribbean can claim benefits from a recent Royal Caribbean class action settlement.
Plaintiff Philip Charvat claims he received prerecorded cruise line telemarketing calls from defendant Resort Marketing Group Inc. These calls allegedly offered promotions from Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean cruise lines, each of whom is also named as a defendant in this telemarketing class action lawsuit.
Charvat accused Carnival, Norwegian, and Royal Caribbean of contracting with Resort Marketing Group to initiate these cruise line telemarketing calls. He claimed that nether the cruise line companies nor Resort Marketing Group ever received prior express written consent from him allowing them to contact him in that manner.
Without such consent, Charvat argued the defendant’s cruise line telemarketing violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA.
The TCPA imposes substantial penalties on companies that knowingly violate its telemarketing restrictions. It generally forbids telemarketers from making calls using automated dialing equipment and prerecorded messages, unless the person being called has given the caller prior express written consent to be contacted that way.
The TCPA is also the legal authority behind the National Do Not Call Registry. Anyone who does not want to receive calls from telemarketers can list their phone number on this registry. The number becomes off-limits to telemarketers 30 days after its listed.
Persons who receive calls that violate the TCPA can bring a civil TCPA lawsuit against the caller. Callers who commit knowing or willful violations may be subject to statutory damages of $500 to $1,500 per call.
U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood granted preliminary approval of the Royal Caribbean class action settlement in July 2017. The agreement requires the defendants to create a settlement fund worth between $7 million and $12.5 million, depending on how many claims are filed.
This Royal Caribbean class action settlement will cover payments to qualifying Class Members, an incentive award for Charvat, costs of administering the settlement, and the Class’ court costs and attorneys’ fees.
Who’s Eligible
Class Members eligible to claim benefits include those persons in the U.S. who owned, subscribed to, or used residential or cellular telephone numbers listed in Resort Marketing Group’s dialer database, and who received pre-recorded telemarketing calls from Resort Marketing Group that mentioned either Carnival, Norwegian, or Royal Caribbean cruise lines between July 23, 2009 and March 8, 2014.
The settlement agreement specifically limits Class Members to those persons whose phone numbers are listed in Resort Marketing Group’s database.
Potential Award
Up to $900 per telephone number.
Class Members who submit valid and timely claims may receive payments for up to three calls per telephone number at $300 per call, for a total maximum payment of $900 per telephone number.
These are the maximum possible payments. Actual payments will be determined in part by the number of claims received.
Proof of Purchase
Claimants must provide either a claim number or a phone number. Claim numbers are being distributed to known Class Members in their individual class notices.
Persons who believe they may be a Class Member but did not receive a claim number may look up their phone number on the settlement administrator’s website to confirm whether that phone number is included in the settlement. If the number is included, the Class Member may file a claim for that number.
Class Members may file a claim for each number they believe is included in the settlement.
Claim Form Deadline
11/3/2017
Case Name
Philip Charvat v. Resort Marketing Group Inc., et al., Case No. 1:12-cv-05746, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Final Hearing
10/30/2018 UPDATED
UPDATE: The Carnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean Telemarketing Class Action Settlement was granted final approval on October 28, 2019. There is a 30 day period after final approval in which appeals can be filed. Top Class Actions is following the case, and will keep our viewers posted.
UPDATE 2: On November 18, 2019, an appeal to the Carnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean Telemarketing Class Action Settlement was filed. Claims will not be paid all appeals are exhausted. We appreciate your ongoing patience. Top Class Actions will continue to provide updates as we learn more.
UPDATE 3: On April 2, 2020, the appeals to the Royal Caribbean Telemarketing Class Action Settlement were resolved. It is not known at this time how quickly claims will be paid. Top Class Actions will continue to provide updates as we learn more.
UPDATE 4: On July 1, 2020, the settlement administrator posted an updated stating that settlement payments are estimated to be mailed on August 7, 2020. Let Top Class Actions know when you receive a check in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.
UPDATE 5: On Aug. 13, 2020, Top Class Actions viewers started receiving long-awaited checks in the mail from the Carnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean telemarketing class action settlement worth as much as $25.02! Congratulations to everyone who filed a valid claim and got PAID!
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
RMG TCPA Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 404022
Louisville, KY 40233-4022
(855) 636-6134
Class Counsel
Matthew P. McCue
LAW OFFICE OF MATTHEW P. MCCUE
Alexander H. Burke
Daniel J. Marovitch
BURKE LAW OFFICES LLC
Edward A. Broderick
Anthony Paronich
BRODERICK & PARONICH PC
Defense Counsel
Counsel for Carnival:
Jeffrey S. Becker
SWANSON MARTIN & BELL LLP
Counsel for Royal Caribbean and Norwegian:
Catherine J. MacIvor
Jeffrey Foreman
FOREMAN FRIEDMAN PA
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400 thoughts onCarnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean Telemarketing Class Action Settlement
I am getting Spam calls as well.
I, still getting spam calls from cruise lines ..smh
So am I
This is messed up everybody should get 500 to 300 pre number it makes me wanna stop with these class action suits
we should all go and file a small claim court cost ABOUT $2 TO $5 TO FILE IT AND SINCE THEY all ready have this suit rapped up as a loss then you should easily win in small claims which is up to $5000 limit. that way they would have to pay for the calls! thats at least $500 x 2 ML just a thought . do you have to file were they are at or were you are at, since the incident actually took place in your home? Anyone know? I had 2 numbers that qualified.
So I just got an email, saying.
A federal court authorized this supplemental e-mail Notice.
It is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
• A Settlement has been reached in the Charvat v. Resort Marketing Group, Inc et al. class action lawsuit. A claim for recovery was submitted to and received by the Settlement Administrator that left this e-mail address as a means of contact.
• The Court has authorized this supplemental e-mail Notice to inform consumers who have filed claims that, to date, over two million claims have been filed seeking to recover from a Settlement Fund expected to total $12.5 million.
• Due to the large number of claims, the individual recovery per consumer will be a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund. The exact per consumer recovery is still unknown, but it is expected to amount to several dollars per Class Member.
• Settlement Class Members interested in considering their options under these circumstances should visit http://www.RMGTCPASettlement.com and review the “Frequently Asked Questions” document that details the rights of Class Members.
• Consumers have until November 3, 2017 to file a claim, to opt out of the Settlement or to object to the Settlement.
So I’m guessing that we have to refile.
So I go to refile. I go and use the claim ID in the email they sent. It said it cannot find that number. So then I go to use my phone number. Same thing, it says they cannot find my phone number.
I already have proof that I already filed.
I am going to email then to see if I have to refile. Because, based on the email, that what it sounds like.
Maybe we’ll get $5.
A federal court authorized this supplemental e-mail Notice.
It is not a solicitation from a lawyer.
• A Settlement has been reached in the Charvat v. Resort Marketing Group, Inc et al. class action lawsuit. A claim for recovery was submitted to and received by the Settlement Administrator that left this e-mail address as a means of contact.
• The Court has authorized this supplemental e-mail Notice to inform consumers who have filed claims that, to date, over two million claims have been filed seeking to recover from a Settlement Fund expected to total $12.5 million.
• Due to the large number of claims, the individual recovery per consumer will be a pro rata share of the Settlement Fund. The exact per consumer recovery is still unknown, but it is expected to amount to several dollars per Class Member.
• Settlement Class Members interested in considering their options under these circumstances should visit http://www.RMGTCPASettlement.com and review the “Frequently Asked Questions” document that details the rights of Class Members.
• Consumers have until November 3, 2017 to file a claim, to opt out of the Settlement or to object to the Settlement.
settlement administrator notice emailed out to claimants, stating over 2M claims have been submitted and the plan of allocation has changed so everyone gets a pro rata share, instead of the original estimate of $300 per call up to a 3 call max ($900). So right now its at about $6 per claim and theres still a month left before the claim deadline ends, so youre lucky if you even get $4. To even successfully submit a claim, your number had to be validated and if 2M numbers were validated this settlement should have been alot greater than $12M. The only ones who make good in this settlement are the attys, claims administrator and CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES for being able to violate the law and make 2,000,000+ call and only have to pay $12M for it, which likely wont come directly from their pockets but from company insurance. SMH
we must all file our opposition to the settlement as outlined in the “faq” section of the settlement website. these attorneys had to know the number of telephone numbers called, and only a $12M settlement means that the figured roughly only 40,000 people would file a claim? write to to court and voice your opposition.
https://www.rmgtcpasettlement.com/Faqs.aspx
there still time to opt out and get an atty to sue carnival on your own and get the full amount due you per call for every call they made to your cell phone line. Remaining in this settlement class of 2M+ valid claimants means youll probably get less than 3% of what was originally allocated per call. So think about possibly doing that. deadline to opt out is Nov 3. Go to settlement site for details
I’m sad. I was going to make it rain at a gentleman’s club, but now I will be eating instant potato flakes and hot dog wieners when I get my check.
On a positive note the Lawyers made out good. Congratulations!
Charvat v. Resort Marketing Group, The Court has authorized this supplemental e-mail Notice to inform consumers who have filed claims that, to date, over two million claims have been filed seeking to recover from a Settlement Fund expected to total $12.5 million. From $900 to $6 per person lol!
I just received my notice. James don’t forget Mr. Charvat is asking for $25k and the lawyers and administrative fees must also come out of the $12.5. We will probably get a check for $2-$3 dollars. This is a joke! LOL
Baloney!!! All 4 in my family received these phone calls on our cells and our numbers are not included. Let me tell you we received them – horn blowing in our ears and all!!!