Judgment Vacated, Class Certification Granted In 3 TCPA Suits

(April 11, 2016, 2:33 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez (577 U.S. __ [2016]), a Michigan federal judge on April 7, in three separate but nearly identical opinions, vacated judgment for the defendants in three Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) suits that had previously been granted based on unaccepted offers of judgment and concluded the cases should be certified as class actions (Compressor Engineering Corporation v. Manufacturers Financial Corporation, et al., No. 09-14444, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47038; APB Associates, Inc. v. Bronco’s Saloon, Inc., et al., No. 09-14959, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47033; Shari Machesney v. Lar-Bev of Howell, Inc., et al., No. 10-10085, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47034)....