Class Action Seeks to Halt Medical Clinic From Sending Unwanted Fax Ads
Imperial Health Holdings, a medical clinic in Pasadena, California, violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by “bombarding” consumers with unsolicited fax ads, alleged Jeffery Katz’s class action Monday (docket 3:24-cv-02854) in U.S. District Court for Northern California. The TCPA was…
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enacted to protect consumers from unsolicited and unwanted phone and fax solicitations “exactly like those alleged in this case,” said Katz’s complaint. Imperial’s unwanted fax ads forced the plaintiff and the class members to pay for the costs of paper and toner, it said. Imperial’s faxes also invaded Katz’s privacy and peace, it said. He also was distracted, inconvenienced and annoyed by the unwanted faxes, it said. The complaint seeks an injunction requiring Imperial to cease all unsolicited fax ads, plus an award of statutory damages and treble damages for Imperial’s knowing and willful TCPA violations.