Howard Johnson Call Recording Settlement Checks Mailed

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Top Class Actions readers are reporting that they are receiving checks in the mail from a class action lawsuit settlement stemming from allegations that the hotel chain Howard Johnson recorded phone call conversations without notifying the caller.

According to reader comments, Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Howard Johnson call recording class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $1037.63 on Feb. 6, 2016.

If you filed a claim for the Howard Johnson class action settlement, keep checking your mailbox because you may soon be receiving your payment!

The Howard Johnson class action lawsuit settlement resolves allegations that the hotel companies Howard Johnson International Inc. and Wyndham Hotel Group LLC secretly recorded the phone calls of hotel guests in violation of California privacy laws.

Howard Johnson and Wyndham deny any wrongdoing but agreed to settle the call recording class action lawsuit to avoid the expense and uncertainty of ongoing litigation.

Under the terms of the Howard Johnson class action settlement, Class Members included California residents who, while physically present in California, made at least one telephone call to Howard Johnson’s toll-free reservations number between Feb. 28, 2011 and March 23, 2012, and who spoke to a call center agent and did not consent to the telephone conversation being recorded.

The deadline to file a claim for the Howard Johnson call recording class action settlement passed on Sept. 5, 2015.

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Class Members are represented by Paul R. Kiesel, Jeffrey A. Koncius, Matthew A. Young of Kiesel Law LLP and Kenneth M. Lipton of Law Offices of Kenneth M. Lipton.

The Howard Johnson Privacy Class Action Lawsuit Settlement is Loren Stone et al. v. Howard Johnson International Inc. et al., Case No. 2:12-cv-01684, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.