Customer Lacks Standing in Telemarketing Suit, Comedy Group Says

April 15, 2022, 4:57 PM UTC

A consumer doesn’t have the right to sue over alleged telemarketing law violations because her son opted in to receiving communications, a comedy group argued in California federal court.

Plaintiff Kristen Hall’s son agreed to receive text messages, rendering her Telephone Consumer Protection Act claim untenable, Smosh Dot Com Inc. said in a motion to dismiss filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Attorneys representing plaintiff Hall didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hall sued Smosh in October 2021, claiming the company violated the TCPA and the Texas Business and Commerce Code ...

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