Judge Dismisses Suit Over 100 Unwanted Cell Phone Calls
A man whose cell phone number was previously linked to a fax machine used by an arbitration firm cannot sue the firm under a federal telemarketing statute, a New York judge has ruled. The man had billed Island Arbitration & Mediation for "costs incurred" for the calls, which he claimed totaled more than 100 since June. The judge ruled that the fax attempts constituted calls under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, but he held that the firm had not violated the telemarketing statute.
