Judge Holds Fact Issues Exist As To Whether Hotel Franchisee Consented To Faxes

Mealey's (June 14, 2018, 2:10 PM EDT) -- GREENVILLE, S.C. — After finding that a company failed to show that a hotel franchisee expressly consented to receiving faxes as part of a hotel franchise agreement, a South Carolina federal judge on June 12 refused to grant summary judgment in the case on the franchisee’s claim for violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) (E&G, ex. rel. v. Mount Vernon Mills Inc., et al., No. 6:17-cv-00318, D. S.C., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98034)....