7th Cir Rules Against Defendant in TCPA Action Regarding Re-Assigned Cell Phone Numbers

The Seventh Circuit held that automated calls to a cell phone number that was formerly but is no longer, subscribed to by the customer violates the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, notwithstanding the consumer’s prior consent to be called at that number.  The Court determined that under the TCPA, “called party” means the person subscribed to the number called at the time the call is made.

Keep of record log of these harassing calls with date, time, phone number and the name of the company and the person calling.