FORT LAUDERDALE – A Broward County individual alleges a Virginia business harassed her with calls in its attempt to reach another person.
Harsha Cooke filed a complaint on March 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division against K12 Inc. alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in 2015, she suffered damages from receiving several unwanted calls on her cellular telephone from the defendant in its attempt to reach an unknown party. The plaintiff holds K12 Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly kept on calling the plaintiff despite her demands to stop calling. She alleges it has called more than 100 times.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks statutory damages, punitive damages, actual damages, treble damages, all legal fees and any other relief as the court deems just. She is represented by Jared M. Lee of Morgan & Morgan Tampa P.A. in Orlando.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Division Case number 0:17-cv-60529-WPD