Amazon’s PillPack Takes Early Loss in Telemarketing Class Suit

Online pharmacy Pillpack LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, must face a proposed class action alleging it caused telemarketing calls to be made to consumers without their consent in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a federal court ruled.

There were genuine issues of material fact as to whether PillPack was liable under the TCPA for calls made on its behalf by vendors of a telemarketing subcontractor, Judge David G. Estudillo of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said Monday.

Estudillo denied PillPack’s motion for summary judgment.

Williams claimed in the lawsuit that a telemarketer for ...