Status Hearing Set in TCPA Class Action Against State Farm

An initial telephonic status hearing is set for Dec. 21 at 9:40 a.m. CST in the class action that alleges State Farm violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (see 2210110009), said an order signed Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John Kness for Northern Illinois. A joint status report is due Dec. 9, it said. State Farm, via third parties acting on its behalf, made telemarketing calls to the cellphone number of Thomas Gebka, a Hendersonville, Tennessee, resident, “without express consent,” in violation of the TCPA, alleged Gebka’s class-action (docket 1:22-cv-05546). The FCC has confirmed that sellers such as State Farm may not avoid TCPA liability by outsourcing their telemarketing activities, it said. State Farm has denied any TCPA wrongdoing.