3 COURTS DECIDE: ARE JUNK FAX LOSSES COVERED?
BOTTOM LINE: In Missouri - Yes! In Illinois - Yes! In the 7th Circuit - No! First, let's look at Missouri. In Columbia Cas. Co. v. HAIR Holdings, LLC, 411 S.W.3d 258 (Mo. 2013), a marketing company sent over 12,0000 junk fax advertisements to various households. A private citizen brought a class action against the marketing company under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. section 227 et seq and the parties settled. The [...]