{"id":7886,"date":"2017-10-25T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2017-10-11T16:03:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:03:55","slug":"monitronics-robocall-class-action-settlement-at-28-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/monitronics-robocall-class-action-settlement-at-28-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitronics Robocall Class Action Settlement at $28 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Security alarm monitoring company Monitronics International Inc. has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused Monitronics of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The lawsuit alleged that Monitronics made auto-dialed marketing calls to consumers to sell home security devices. Monitronics was accused of making the marketing calls to numbers listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donotcall.gov\/\">Do Not Call Registry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Millions of Consumers Allegedly Received the Improper Calls<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Attorneys for the plaintiff have estimated that approximately 7.8 million individuals received the robocalls calls that are the subject of the case. Each class member is expected to receive between $12 and 25. Those expected to receive payments received marketing calls from May 2007 through the date the settlement is approved.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Robocall Calls Laws Have Statutory Damages<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Congress enacted the TCPA to protect consumers from unwanted and harassing marketing calls and spam texts. The statute provides for damages of between $500 and $1500 per unwanted call or text made to consumers who had not provided their prior consent to receive such communications.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Do You Have a Claim in the Monitronics Robocall Class Action?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If your cell phone has been ringing with unwanted marketing calls from Monitronics or other entities, you may have rights that require your legal attention.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Contact a Robocall Attorney Today\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dkrpa.com\/contact\/miami-office-location\/\">Contact<\/a>\u00a0an experienced robocall attorney\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dkrpa.com\/contact\/miami-office-location\/\">Dimond Kaplan &amp; Rothstein, P.A.<\/a>\u00a0today for a free consultation to discuss your rights and potential legal claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security alarm monitoring company Monitronics International Inc. has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused Monitronics of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The lawsuit alleged that Monitronics made auto-dialed marketing calls to consumers to sell home security devices. Monitronics was accused of making the marketing calls to numbers [&hellip;] ","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[695],"tags":[751,700],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7886"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7892,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions\/7892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spamcallattorney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}