Portfolio Recovery Associates 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 Portfolio Recovery Associates of placing unwanted calls to consumers’ cell phones in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page, Class Members who filed valid claims for the Portfolio Recovery Associates settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $30.68 on June 5, 2017.

If you filed a claim for the Portfolio Recovery Associates TCPA settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way!

The settlement resolves allegations that Portfolio Recovery Associates placed unsolicited robocalls to consumers in an effort to collect on outstanding debts. One of the plaintiffs claimed that Portfolio Recovery Associates called his cell phone more than 20 times in two months.

The debt collection company admitted to trying to collect on debts, but denied violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits companies from placing calls without obtaining prior express consent of the call recipient.

Portfolio Recovery agreed to pay $18 million to settle the consolidated class action lawsuit, which consisted of a Class of more than 7 million consumers.

Class Members included “All natural persons residing in the United States who received one or more telephone calls from an autodialer or a predictive dialer operated by Defendants to such person’s cellular telephone number between December 23, 2006 and July 1, 2013, inclusive, and who are listed in the csv data file titled pra_outbound_dial_list_20140304.zip produced to Plaintiffs’ counsel.”

The deadline to file a claim for the Portfolio Recovery Associates class action settlement passed on Oct. 26, 2016.

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The Class is represented by James O. Latturner of Edelman Combs Latturner & Goodwin LLC, and Ethan Preston of Preston Law Offices.

The Portfolio Recovery Associates Unwanted Calls Class Action Lawsuit is In re: Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC Telephone Consumer Protection Act Litigation, Case No. 11-MD-2295-JAH-BGS, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern 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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