This week, an Illinois woman filed a putative class action lawsuit in federal district court in the State
of Florida against Ranieri Law LLC ("Ranieri"), a credit
repair services company. The plaintiff, Nanci Rowe
("Plaintiff"), alleged that Ranieri sent unsolicited text
messages to her cellular telephone in violation of the Telephone
Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). Plaintiff is seeking
statutory damages and injunctive relief, on her own behalf and that
of a class of similarly situated individuals. The case is pending
in the Southern District of Florida, Case Number:
19-cv-61219.
What were Plaintiff's Text Message Lawsuit
Allegations?
In the instant TCPA text message lawsuit, Plaintiff alleges that
on January 14, 2018, Ranieri sent Plaintiff "an unsolicited
text message to her wireless number." The allegedly
unsolicited text message stated: "Nancy, my name is Sheldon
Fishman with Ranieri Law calling regarding credit repair. If you
are looking to improve your