A US district judge has approved a request for class action in a lawsuit against pizza maker Papa John’s International for allegedly sending hundreds of thousands of text spam messages.
Seattle law firm Heyrich Kalish McGuigan, representing three Papa John’s customers, alleged that the pizza delivery service has sent 500,000 unwanted text messages to customers. If the court finds that Papa John’s violated the US Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the pizza maker could have to pay damages of $500 per text message, or US$250 million, one of the largest damage awards under the 1991 law, the law firm said.
Many customers complained to Papa John’s that they wanted the text messages to stop, and yet thousands of spam text messages were sent week after week,
Donald Heyrich, attorney for the plaintiffs said in a statement. This should be a wake-up call to advertisers. Consumers do not want spam on their cell phones
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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