Pheonix, AZ: A settlement has been proposed in the class action Starkle Ventures, LLC v. United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. and American Blast Fax, Inc.
In September 1999 United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc. ("UA") and American Blast Fax, Inc. ("ABF") sent a fax advertising discount movie tickets to phone numbers in Maricopa County, Arizona. Plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against UA and ABF alleging the facsimile advertising violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. section 227. The Court certified the class, which consists of those who received the fax.
Plaintiff has entered into a proposed settlement with UA (the "Settlement"). The Settlement creates a fund in excess of $6.8 million to pay class members, costs of suit, attorneys' fees and class representative incentive awards.
If you held (as of September 1999) one or more fax numbers on the list used to send the facsimile advertisement, you may be entitled to receive money pursuant to the Settlement or, if the Settlement is not approved by the Court, through continued litigation in the case. You could potentially receive as much as $500 per facsimile number that you held from the Settlement.
