Court Holds Collection Calls to a Wrong Person’s Home Phone are not a TCPA Violation

On February 16, 2017, a judge from the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri dismissed a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim against a debt collector that had made over 100 debt collection calls to the wrong consumer’s cell phone. The case is Schlattman v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC (PRA) (Case No.   4:16cv1183, United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri). 

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