Junk Fax Lawsuit Settled for $25 Million

Health Care Companies Settle Junk Fax Lawsuit

A California federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $25 million settlement between a health care consulting group and a health care provider in a proposed class action claiming the consulting group sent unsolicited junk faxes promoting various health services, in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Companies that send unsolicited marketing faxes that violate the TCPA can be held liable for between $500 and $1500 per fax.

California nursing facility Dakota Medical Inc. filed the TCPA class action against Cannon & Associates LLC and its former parent company, RehabCare Group Inc., after allegedly receiving a number of junk faxes that marketed various seminar manuals, DVDs, and programs on Medicare and Medicaid billing. The lawsuit alleges that the two defendants sent a total of 2.4 million junk faxes nationwide between 2010 and 2014.

While the defendants faced potential total damages of more than $1 billion, the court recognized that a massive judgment likely would have been largely uncollectible against Cannon & Associates LLC given the size of the company and its relative worth.

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