Charter Communications TCPA Lawsuit Filed Over Robocalling Practices

Charter Communications has been hit with another proposed class action lawsuit—this time over alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit, filed by a San Bernardino County resident, claims that the internet company made an illegal robocall to his phone without the consent required by the TCPA.

Plaintiff Steve G. filed his Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit against the internet service provider also known as Spectrum Communications. According to the Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit, the company contacted his cell phone with the use of a robocall made without his prior express consent, which goes against the regulations outlined by the TCPA.

Steve notes that, since he is not and has never been a customer of Charter Communications, he never even had the opportunity to opt into these kinds of calls from the company.

Steve filed the Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit hoping it would become a nationwide class action, consisting of Class Member in his position who have received calls from Charter Communications via an autodialer without giving prior express consent. The proposed class action Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit would include those who experienced such a robocall in the four years preceding Steve’s filing.

Steve’s is not the first Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit in recent years. In 2015, a California woman filed a Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit after the company allegedly placed numerous robocalls. That suit was settled in July 2016.

Again, just this past February, a San Diego resident filed a TCPA lawsuit claiming that the company placed unwanted robocalls without express consent and continued even after he requested the calls stop.

Even the state of Missouri has filed a Charter Communications TCPA lawsuit, alleging that the company makes calls to Missouri residents on the state and federal do-not-call registries. That TCPA lawsuit is currently in settlement discussions.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reported that in 2014, they received more than 215,000 complaints of TCPA violations.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, is a set of rules intended to protect consumers against unwanted solicitation through spam phone calls first formed back in 1991. The TCPA generally bans the use of robocalls or autodialer calls to contact consumers who have not already given their prior express permission to receive such calls.

Originally, the TCPA addressed only spam phone calls, but it has expanded since to include text messaging.

Filing a Charter Communications TCPA Lawsuit

If you have received unwanted robocalls from a company like Charter Communications, but have not first given your prior express permission, you may be in a position to bring a civil TCPA lawsuit. Taking action can lead to you, and sometimes thousands of others, receiving a monetary award.

In order to report your TCPA claims, you will need a record of these robocalls or text messages as proof.

The Charter Communications TCPA Lawsuit is Gallion v. Charter Communications Inc., et al., Case No. 5:17-cv-01361, in the U.S. District Court for the Central 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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