Caribou Coffee Faces Alleged TCPA Violations

A consumer has filed a proposed class action against Caribou Coffee Co.
Inc. arguing the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection
Act (TCPA) by sending her “numerous unsolicited SMS text messages.”
Farnham v. Caribou Coffee Co. Inc., No. 16-0295 (W.D. Wis., filed May
5, 2016). The plaintiff asserts that Caribou sent her 50 text-message
advertisements from March to May 2016 without her consent. For
allegations of negligent and willful violations of TCPA, the plaintiff seeks
statutory damages of $500 per negligent violation and $1,500 per willful
violation as well as an injunction and class certification.

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