Second TCPA Complaint vs. T-Mobile in 2 Months Alleges Unlawful Texting
The second Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint against T-Mobile in as many months was filed Friday when Detroit resident Latisha Josey alleged in a class action that Metro by T-Mobile repeatedly sent her telemarketing text messages advertising its promotions even…
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after her “multiple requests” to stop. In an attempt to stop the text messages, she added her cellphone number to the national do not call registry Dec. 12, but the texts continued, said her complaint (docket 2:23-cv-10697) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Michigan. Josey didn’t provide “prior express invitation or permission or consent” for these text messages, it said. “To the contrary, in response to many of these text messages,” she requested that Metro “cease texting her,” it said. “Metro uses automated systems to send outbound telephonic sales calls, including text messages, to hundreds if not thousands of consumers across the U.S.,” including to consumers whose numbers are listed on the national DNC registry, the complaint said. In the previous TCPA complaint against T-Mobile, Stuart, Florida, plaintiff Wesley Todd alleged Jan. 31 that the carrier sent him “repeated text messages” to a cellphone number listed on the DNC registry since May 18 (see 2302010044).