8th Circuit Upholds Damages Award Reduction in Do Not Call Case
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in a do not call case (17-3156), in a Tuesday decision that Telephone Consumer Protection Act-mandated statutory damages of…
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$1.6 billion would violate the due process clause, and so upheld a reduction. Appellants Ron Golan and Dorit Golan sued ccAdvertising, billionaire religious activist James Leininger and others for a phone campaign dating back to 2012 that left a message recorded by ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on their answering machines. More than 3 million calls were placed during the weeklong campaign. Lawyers in the case didn't comment.