Bronson Files Lawsuit Against Company For Violating "Do Not Call" Law
For Information, Contact:
Terence McElroy
(850) 488-3022
July 18, 2008
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced today that he has taken legal action against a Florida telemarketer for repeatedly violating Florida's "Do Not Call" law.
A lawsuit filed in Volusia County Circuit Court alleges that Suite Choice Inc., of Ormond Beach, made at least 18 telemarketing calls to residents of a Volusia County time share complex on the state's "Do Not Call" list in 2007.
"Citizens who go to the effort of joining the ‘Do Not Call’ program are entitled to be spared the intrusion of telemarketing calls,” Bronson said. “This company has repeatedly ignored their wishes and violated the law in the process.”
The legal action seeks an injunction prohibiting the company from making any future calls to residents on the list and fines of up to $10,000 for each of the calls it made to prohibited phone numbers.
Bronson's department has collected or obtained judgments of more than $1.5 million against companies that have called residents on the list, and several such legal actions are pending in courts throughout the state.
The Commissioner encourages Floridians to join the “Do Not Call” program, which prohibits most commercial telemarketers from calling numbers on the list. For more information about the program, consumers can call the department's toll-free hotline - 1 800 HELP FLA (435-7352) - or visit the Division of Consumer Services' website at www.800helpfla.com.
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