Allstate Shows ‘Flagrant Disregard’ for TCPA Compliance: Complaint

Allstate removed to U.S. District Court for Eastern Ohio in Cleveland a Jan. 19 complaint in Lake County Court of Common Pleas in which plaintiff Bryan Reo accuses the insurer of Telephone Consumer Protection Act wrongdoing, said its notice of removal Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-00329). The Lake County resident alleges Allstate got his contact information through improper means and repeatedly called him on his cellphone to solicit for insurance products and services, said the notice. Reo seeks to remand the case to state court, Allstate asks that it be permitted to brief and argue the issue of this removal before any remand order issues, it said. If the court decides remand is proper, Allstate asks the court to retain jurisdiction and allow Allstate to file a motion asking the court “to certify any remand order for interlocutory review” by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, it said. Reo’s complaint alleges Allstate called him repeatedly, despite his number being listed on the national do not call registry and on Allstate’s internal do not call list. Reo’s latest complaint is the third time he sued Allstate for TCPA violations, it said. Allstate appears to have “a flagrant disregard” for TCPA compliance, it said.