Class Actions Brief Blog

Not every class action court filing in North and South Carolina becomes a full-length post on our blog. Here is a recap of December filings:

Hicks, et al. v. Houston Baptist University, No. 5:17-cv-00629 (E.D.N.C. December 20, 2017) (putative class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act against Houston Baptist University for alleged solicitation of consumers for college classes via telephone calls using an automated telephone dialing system)

Martinez, et al. v. Alpha Technologies Services, Inc., et al., No. 5:17-cv-00628 (E.D.N.C. December 20, 2017) (putative collective and class action brought under federal and state wage and hour laws by plaintiffs who were employed to build a solar farm in Hope Mills, N.C., alleging defendants misclassified them as independent contractors, did not pay overtime compensation, made unlawful wage deductions and violated other wage and hour laws)

TJF Services, Inc., et al. v. Transportation Media, Inc., d/b/a Bench Craft Company, No. 5:17-cv-00626 (E.D.N.C. December 19, 2017) (putative class action alleging a sports advertising agency violated the N.C. Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act by accepting payments from small businesses for ads which were never placed in golf course guides and subsequently charging the businesses’ credit cards without authorization)