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D. Mass.

Grants Summary Judgment to Plaintiff, Finds Predictive Dialer to


be an ATDS July 15, 2014 by Richard M. Haggerty and Daniel B. Rotko
The Ditrict o! Maachuett recently entered u""ary #udg"ent in !a$or o! a %lainti!! a!ter
de!erring to &'' tate"ent that %ur%ort to e(%and the de!inition o! an auto"ated tele%hone
dialing yte" )*+TD,-. to include %redicti$e dialer that can dial tored nu"ber /ithout
hu"an inter$ention. See Davis v. Diversified Consultants, Inc., 0o. 11210345 )D. Ma. June 24,
2014..
Ja"ie Da$i ued Di$eri!ied 'onultant 5nc. )*D'5-., a debt collection agency, o$er call to hi
cell %hone. D'5 had ac6uired a debt o/ed by Roalee 7agan and then %aid a third2%arty $endor
!or her tele%hone nu"ber and other in!or"ation about her. But a nu"ber it obtained /a
aigned to Da$i, /ho ended u% recei$ing a total o! 80 call that /ere "eant !or 7agan. Da$i
!iled uit and alleged that D'5 had $iolated ,ection 224)b.)1.)+. o! the T'7+, /hich "ake it
unla/!ul to *"ake any call )other than a call "ade !or e"ergency %ur%oe or "ade /ith the
e(%re %rior conent o! the called %arty. uing any auto"ated tele%hone dialing yte" . . . to
any tele%hone nu"ber aigned to a . . . cellular tele%hone er$ice9.:-
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