Couser Comenity Settlement
- Comenity Bank will pay over 8 million dollars to a class of 4 Million in a TCPA lawsuit
- The case was held in the state of California and centered around the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
- The lawsuit was filed by Plaintiff Carrie Couser in the year 2012
Ms. Couser started the lawsuit because of phone calls she received from Comenity using a auto dialer (up to 5 phone calls a day). The bank was calling her in an attempt to collect a debt owed by her mother. The class is defined as anyone who might have received a phone call from Comentiy (using a auto dialer) between the dates of April 1, 2020 to April 26, 2014.
Comenity Settlement Notes
- Class members will receive a settlement in the amount of 98 cents to 32 dollars pending the amount of claims that are received
- 2 million dollars of the settlement will be paid to the attorneys representing the class members
- The case is numbered 3:12-cv-02484 and is entitled Carrie Couser et al. v. Comenity Bank et al
- The lawsuit was held in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
From the Comenity Settlement Motion:
“”Although the TCPA provides for statutory damages of $500 for each negligent violation and $1,500 for each willful violation, it is well-settled that a proposed settlement may be acceptable even though it amounts to only a small percentage of the potential recovery that might be available to the class members at trial,”
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Ellen is a Research Consultant for Page Executive Singapore focusing on senior executive roles in the consumer FMCG industry as well as local conglomerate and multinational companies in the region. Over the years, the network and market knowledge that Ellen has developed can ascertain the type of quality candidates matched for our clients.
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