Mealey's (October 24, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A real estate franchisor’s motion to dismiss a putative class complaint by a California man who claims that he received a dozen unwanted calls from agents looking to sell his home was denied on Oct. 22 by a federal judge in New Jersey, who ruled that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the calls violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and that the franchisor was vicariously liable for the calls (Jorge Valdes, et al. v. Century 21 Real Estate, LLC, No. 19-5411, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182616)....