A man who ended up on a collection agency’s call list after discontinuing the electricity at his deceased mother-in-law’s apartment convinced a federal appeals court that the calls were prohibited by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
Overruling a lower court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Albert Nigro did not consent to the calls because he did not offer his number during the transaction leading to the debt.
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