We are proud to announce that following a two-day arbitration, attorney Jared Lee took a case with a $2,500 pre-trial settlement offer in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) lawsuit and turned it into an $87,500 award for our client.
Our client, Shamara Abrahams, was receiving unwanted auto-dialed calls from a bank in the fall of 2013. However, in its actions regarding the account, the bank violated the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act because it used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) to call Abrahams’ phone after she revoked consent, according to the arbitrator’s decision.
The bank contested that its calling systems are not considered an ATDS and denied that Ms. Abrahams requested for calls to stop.
To help decide the case, Jared Lee called upon an expert witness. The witness’s testimony swung the case in Abraham’s favor because he testified that First Premier Bank’s calling systems had the capacity to store and dial numbers.
“I’m extremely pleased to see justice served in this case and that the arbitrator followed the law regarding Ms. Abraham’s right to privacy on her cell phone from these invasive, automatically dialed, collection calls,” Lee said.
If you have been harassed by a bill collector in violation of the TCPA, you may have legal recourse, and we may be able to help. Contact us today for a free case evaluation to learn more.
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