EAST ST. LOUIS - A St. Clair County woman seeks class certification for a lawsuit against Auffenberg Hyundai, Inc. for allegedly sending her unsolicited prerecorded messages to her personal phone number.
Jennifer Staten filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Auffenberg Hyundai, Inc, alleging the defendant's actions are illegal and that they have caused disruption to her daily life.
According to the lawsuit, the car dealership allegedly sends prerecorded voice messages to individuals' cellular phones numbers without first obtaining their express consent. Staten alleges that she has received numerous messages from the car dealership from Feb. 17, 2020, through at least Oct. 1, 2021. Staten claims that these messages constitute an "invasion of privacy, harassment, aggravation and disruption of daily life" to her and thousands of other individuals.
The plaintiff is seeking damages in the amount of $500.00 for each violation for each person covered by the class action lawsuit. She is represented by attorney Michael Eisenband of Eisenband Law, P.A. in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois case number CV-00548-NJR