Morgan & Morgan Wins $87,500 for Women Receiving Invasive Telemarketing Calls

FULTON COUNTY, Ga., July 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- National plaintiffs' firm Morgan & Morgan announces that on Friday, following a two-day arbitration, attorney Jared Lee took a $2,500 initial offer in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit and turned it into an $87,500 award for his client.

The claimant, Shamara Abrahams, opened a credit card with First Premier Bank, charged the card, but neglected to pay the debt. At that point the bank commenced efforts to collect the debt and began calling Abrahams on or before September 25, 2013.

However, in collecting the debt, the bank violated the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act because it used an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) to call Abrahams phone after she revoked consent, according to the arbitrator's decision. The bank contested that its calling systems are not considered an ATDS.

To help decide the case, Jared Lee called upon an expert witness. The witnesses testimony swung the case in Abraham's favor because he concluded that First Premier Bank's calling systems were, in fact, considered an ATDS.

"I'm extremely pleased to see justice served in this case and that the arbitrator followed the law regarding Ms. Abraham's right to privacy on her cell phone from these invasive automatically dialed collection calls," Lee said.

The case is Shamara Abrahams v First Premier Bank, case number 01-16-0003-8128, It was arbitrated by the American Arbitration Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

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For more information, contact:

Jared Lee
Jlee@forthepeople.com
(407) 420-1414
ForThePeople.com

Or

Karine Lim / Erika Nedwell
Morgan & Morgan, P.A.
klim@forthepeople.com / enedwell@forthepeople.com
212-738-6265 / 212-738-6254

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