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Top Class Actions viewers are starting to receive checks in the mail from a class action settlement that accused credit card transaction processing company Central Payment of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
According to comments and posts on the Top Class Actions Facebook page,Class Members who filed valid claims for the Central Payment class action settlement began receiving checks worth as much as $106.96 on July 10, 2017.
If you filed a claim for the Central Payment TCPA settlement, keep an eye on your mailbox because checks are on their way.
The settlement resolves claims that Central Payment used an automatic dialer to place calls to cell phones and residential lines without the consent of the call receipient. In addition, the plaintiff alleged Central Payment also called consumers who were registered on the National Do Not Call Registry in violation of the TCPA.
Central Payment denied the allegations but agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle the TCPA class action lawsuit. The company also agreed to make sure its telemarketing procedures comply with federal laws.
Class Members included all U.S. consumers who “on or after August 18, 2011, Central Payment, or a third party acting on Central Payment’s behalf: called you on a residential or cellular telephone using an automatic telephone dialing system or prerecorded voice; or c alled you two or more times within a twelve month period on a telephone number that was on the National Do-Not-Call Registry.”
The deadline to file a claim for the Central Payment class action settlement passed on April 14, 2017.
Congratulations to our Top Class Actions readers who submitted a valid claim and got PAID! If you missed out, sign up for our free newsletter to receive updates on new class action lawsuits and settlements. You can also check out which class action settlements are still accepting claims in our Open Class Action Settlements section.
The plaintiffs are represented by Edward Broderick and Anthony Paronich of Broderick & Paronich PC, Matthew P. McCue of The Law Office of Matthew P. McCue, and Steven H. Koval of The Koval Firm LLC.
The Central Payment Telemarketing Class Action Settlement is Heidarpour v. Central Payment Co. LLC, Case No. 4:15‑cv-139-CDL, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.
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.
