Liberty Mutual Alleged to Have Phoned Number Listed on DNC Since 2010

Liberty Mutual places unwanted solicitation calls to consumers’ cellphone numbers listed on the national do not call registry, alleged plaintiff Jeffrey Scott’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-10569) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston. Scott’s number has been on the DNC registry since August 2010, yet Liberty Mutual phoned him eight times to sell him an insurance policy he didn’t want or need, said his complaint. The Iowa City, Iowa, resident also received multiple solicitation texts he hadn’t consented to, it said. “Without having had the benefit of discovery to show otherwise, Liberty Mutual is directly liable” for the unsolicited calls and text messages “because they were placed or made directly by Liberty Mutual,” the complaint said. If discovery reveals that some or all of the calls and texts were made by third-parties on Liberty Mutual’s behalf, then the insurer is “vicariously liable,” it said. The company didn’t comment Wednesday.