Charter Asks Court to Order Document Production in Missouri TCPA Suit
Charter Communications wants a federal judge to prod Missouri to provide documents about the complaints that are the basis of the state's Telemarketing Sales Rule lawsuit against it. In a motion (in Pacer) to compel document production filed Monday in…
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U.S. District Court in St. Louis, Charter said it wants unredacted versions of the complaints filed by Missouri consumers regarding unlawful phone calls. It said the state is resisting Charter's request to depose the roughly 350 consumers about their complaints, so it wants other types of complaints those same consumers made to the state. In both cases, the cable operator said, Missouri hasn't complied. The company said the documents are relevant and not protected, and the request for other complaints filed is proportionate to the needs of the case. Charter asked the court to order the state to pay the company's expenses for preparing the motion to compel. The complaint (in Pacer), filed in October 2015, alleged Charter and third-party telemarketing firms it hired regularly called Missouri residents, trying to sell them cable, internet or voice service, even after being told to quit calling. The state didn't comment Tuesday.