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In January 2022, Google users looked to find out if an email for a proposed class action settlement for National Grid was a scam or legit, as readers often do after receiving such notices. The email had the subject line, Notice of National Grid TCPA Settlement, and linked to the website, NationalGridTCPASettlement.com. This was a legitimate notice for a real class action settlement for National Grid. The case was named, Jenkins et al. v. National Grid USA Service Company Inc., et al. The case number was listed as 15-cv-1219 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. TCPA stands for the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. National Grid is a utility company. According to the settlement website's FAQ page, the lawsuit claims that National Grid and its debt collectors made calls with automated dialers and/or prerecorded or artificial voice messages to cellular telephones, and that these telemarketing actions were done without the prior express consent of the persons called: The time period at issue in the settlement was from March 9, 2011, through Oct. 29, 2021. The case has been around since at least 2017. According to the National Grid TCPA settlement email notice and a December 2021 article from JD Supra, a $38.5 million settlement was reached. How much will eligible participants be able to pocket? According to the settlement website: It is estimated by Class Counsel that settlement payments will range between $50 and $150 per Settlement Class Member, although the actual amount could be higher or lower. Claims must be submitted by May 12, 2022. On the National Grid TCPA settlement website’s FAQ page, it spelled out how readers can tell if they would be eligible for funds from the settlement. You are part of the Settlement Class if you reside in the United States and received, a telephone call on a cellular telephone using a prerecorded or artificial voice message from March 9, 2011, until October 29, 2021, from the defendant concerning the items listed in FAQ 3 above, the website said: The email notice, as well as another recent settlement for a company named Plaid, might have landed in some reader’s spam folders. For more details, visit the official National Grid TCPA settlement website.
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