Verizon Wireless TCPA Class Action Settlement Checks Mailed

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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement that accused Verizon Wireless of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page, Class Members who submitted timely and valid claims for the Verizon TCPA settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $508.08 on Aug. 15, 2016.

If you filed a claim for the Verizon class action settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way!

The Verizon settlement resolves allegations that the company used a third-party debt collector to place unsolicited and prerecorded calls to cellphones in violation of the TCPA.

In addition, plaintiff John Lofton also alleged that these calls were recorded without consent in violation of California privacy laws.

Class Members included two different groups:

TCPA Class Members included: all U.S. residents who received one (or more) telephone calls to their cellphones from a representative of Collecto in its capacity as a third-party vendor engaged by Verizon to collect pre-writeoff debts since June 14, 2008.

IPA Class Members included: all California residents who received a call on their cellphones from Collecto in its capacity as a third-party vendor engaged by Verizon to collect Pre-Writeoff Debts, where the call was answered by the recipient between Sept. 10, 2010 to the present date.

Verizon denied the allegations but agreed to pay $4 million to settle the class action.

The deadline to file a claim for the Verizon class action settlement passed on May 4, 2016.

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The plaintiffs are represented by Suzanne L. Havens Beckman and David Christopher Parisi of Parisi & Havens LLP; and Ethan Mark Preston of Preston Law Offices.

The Verizon Wireless TCPA Class Action Lawsuit is Lofton v. Verizon Wireless (VAW) LLC, Case No. 13-cv-05665, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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If you were contacted on your cell phone by a company via an unsolicited text message (text spam) or prerecorded voice message (robocall), you may be eligible for compensation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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