Judge Denies Certification Of Junk Fax Class Over Proof Of Consent

Mealey's (February 20, 2019, 1:20 PM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A federal judge in Connecticut on Feb. 14 refused to certify a class for hotel franchisees who claim that AT&T Mobility LLC and AT&T Mobility National Accounts violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), as amended by the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, when sending an allegedly unsolicited facsimile in January 2014, finding that the plaintiff was unable to show that each potential class member consented to receiving the email without conducting individual mini-trials (Gorss Motels Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, et al., No. 17cv403, D. Conn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24726)....