Suit Alleges Home-Buying Firm Phones Numbers on DNC Registry

Plaintiff Paul Ozburn is seeking a jury trial in hopes of stopping RTJ Investments from violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. RTJ is making prerecorded telemarketing calls without consumers' consent and phoning numbers on the national do not call registry, Ozburn’s class action alleged Friday (docket 4:24-cv-00373) in U.S. District Court for Western Missouri in Kansas City. RTJ is a real estate investment company that purchases homes from consumers in Kansas and Missouri, Ozburn’s complaint said. RTJ places calls to solicit its home buying solutions, it said. In job postings, RTJ and its owner, Ricky Thomas, advertise positions for real estate cold callers, it said. Ozburn listed his cellphone number on the national DNC registry in June 2007, yet he received multiple solicitation calls from RTJ offering cash for his home, the complaint said. He isn’t interested in buying or selling a property, and his home wasn’t listed for sale during the time he received calls from RTJ, it said. The unauthorized solicitation calls that Ozburn received from RTJ or on its behalf have harmed Ozburn “in the form of annoyance, nuisance, and invasion of privacy.” In addition, they occupied his phone line and disturbed the use and enjoyment of his phone, the class action said.