Class Action Would Halt American Eagle’s Text-Message Bombardments

American Eagle Outfitters has been “bombarding” Megan Tarantino since at least December with telemarketing text messages to her cellphone number, alleged Tarantino’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action Friday (docket 3:24-cv-00139) in U.S. District Court for Southern Texas in Galveston. The retailer’s unlawful conduct sparked the plaintiff to list her cellphone number with the national do not call registry on Jan. 11, “in an attempt to prevent further unsolicited text messages” from American Eagle, her complaint said. American Eagle continued sending unsolicited text messages to the Galveston County resident's number, it said, including the incessant text messages she received throughout March and April, it said. American Eagle’s unsolicited text messages caused Tarantino “actual harm,” including the invasion of her privacy, aggravation, annoyance, intrusion on seclusion, trespass, and conversion, said her class action. The text messages also inconvenienced her and caused “disruption to her daily life,” it said. She seeks actual and statutory damages for herself and each member of the class, plus injunctive relief requiring the defendant “to cease all unsolicited text messaging activity,” and to otherwise protect the interests of the class, it said.