Consumer’s Junk-Call Class Action Against CHW Group Can Proceed

CHW Group Inc. must face a consumer’s proposed class action alleging it may telemarketing calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, after a federal judge ruled he provided enough facts at the pleading stage to support his claims.

Sam Katz sufficiently showedthat CHW made pre-recorded calls to his number without his consent, and made calls to his number despite his having listed it on the national Do-Not-Call List, Judge P.K. Holmes III of the US District Court for the Western District off Arkansas said Sept. 29.

Holmes denied CHW’s motion to dismiss and its motion to strike Katz’s ...