Debt Collection Agency Hit with Class Action Lawsuit

Debt Collection Agency Hit with Class Action Lawsuit

By Courtney Coren

Debt collection agency Select Resource Group LLC has been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly contacting a California man on his cell phone in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). 

Plaintiff Nabil Abouriche claims in the class action lawsuit that he began receiving calls from Select Resource in June 2013 to collect a debt that Abouriche supposedly owed to a third party. On July 29, 2013, Select Resource allegedly used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) to contact the California man’s cellphone, for which he was charged for by his cell phone provider. 

Under the TCPA, it is illegal for a company to contact someone’s cell phone using an automatic dialing system or via text message unless it received prior consent to do so or unless the phone call or message was made for emergency purposes. 

Abouriche says in the class action lawsuit that he never entered into a business relationship with Select Resource nor did he at any time provide the collections agency with his cell phone number. The plaintiff says he doesn’t know how the company obtained his phone number and alleges the ATDS Select Resource used is able to call telephone numbers at random. 

Abouriche is bringing the class action lawsuit because he says there are others who have also received unsolicited telephone calls from Select Resource with the company’s ATDS. However, to join the Class, the violation must have occurred within the past four years.

Abouriche does not know how many will join this potential class action lawsuit, but he thinks the number of Class Members could be in the hundreds of thousands, according to the class action lawsuit.

Abouriche is seeking economic damages for any cell phone charges Class Members incurred and already paid for as a result of the allegedly improper phone calls, as well as $500 in statutory damages to be paid to himself and each Class Member.

The class action lawsuit charges Select Resource with negligent and willful violations of the TCPA. Abouriche claims that the TCPA violations by Select Resource have caused him and the other Class Members irreparable harm, and that these violations should not be allowed to continue. 

The TCPA class action lawsuit was filed on September 3, 2013, in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California. 

If you received unsolicited faxes, phone calls, or text messages, legal options are available. Learn more and get a free legal consultation regarding a claim’s eligibility at the Text Message Spam, Cell Phone Call TCPA Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Investigation. Experienced legal professionals are available to determine if you have case, so act now.

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