Consumers Should Have Right to Sue Telemarketers, Says Mississippi PSC Chairman
Victims of spam calls should be able to sue telemarketers, Mississippi Public Service Commission Chairman Brandon Presley said in a Tuesday news release. Presley directed PSC legal staff to develop draft legislation to amend the state’s No-Call Law to give…
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a private right of action against telemarketers. The legislature could consider the bill in its 2018 session, he said. Presley proposed a penalty of at least $500 per call, like what victims can get for National Do-Not-Call Registry violations. “I have always believed in hitting these telemarketers where it hurts … in their wallets,” Presley said. “But it is the victims, whose privacy has been invaded, who should be the beneficiaries of monetary damages where possible.”