Judge in Allstate TCPA Case Wants Parties to Report on Settlement Chances
U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras for Northern Illinois in Chicago ordered the parties in the July 7 complaint that accuses Allstate of widespread Telephone Consumer Protection Act wrongdoing (see 2307100007) to file a joint status report by Oct. 13, “including…
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the possibility of settlement,” said a docket entry notification Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-04385). If no possibility of settlement exists, the report should estimate “the nature and length of discovery necessary to prepare the case for resolution,” said the notification. The judge struck the telephone status hearing that had been set for Sept. 5, it said. The hearing will be reset after the judge receives the Oct. 13 status report, it said. The complaint alleges Allstate engages insurance agents across the U.S. to place telemarketing calls to consumers on its behalf, including calls that violate the TCPA because they use prerecorded or artificial voices, and are placed to numbers listed on the national do not call registry.