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Comcast Holdings alleged to have harassed Houston woman with automated calls

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HOUSTON – A Houston woman alleges she was harassed by phone calls from a telecommunications company.

Ashley Mack filed a complaint on May 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division against Comcast Holdings Corp. over alleged violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in 2017, she received numerous calls from defendant using an automatic telephone dialing system and/or using an artificial or pre-recorded voice. The plaintiff claims alleges she requested multiple times that all calls cease but the defendant allegedly continued to place automated calls to her cellphone number. 

The plaintiff holds Comcast Holdings Corp. responsible because the defendant allegedly placed automated calls to cellular telephone number despite knowing that it did not have consent to do so.

The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks statutory damages of $500, treble damages and such other and further relief as may be just and proper. She is represented by Jenny DeFrancisco of Lemberg Law in Wilton, Connecticut.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division case number 4:18-cv-01411

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