LendingTree Denies TCPA Wrongdoing in Motion to Dismiss
Plaintiff Paul Sapan’s allegations that LendingTree and its agents don’t check the federal do not call registry before making calls to sell its financial services (see 2301170071) should be dismissed, said LendingTree’s motion Friday (docket 8:23-cv-00071) in U.S. District Court…
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for Central California in Santa Ana. The Santa Ana court lacks personal jurisdiction over LendingTree, plus Sapan premises his action “on the mistaken belief that he received unwanted phone calls from individuals or entities acting on LendingTree’s behalf, it said. He alleges an individual named George, representing a vendor named National Mortgage Advantage, “was LendingTree’s agent or otherwise acting as LendingTree’s proxy,” it said. But LendingTree has no knowledge of National Mortgage Advantage, “and did not purposefully direct its conduct towards the forum in a manner sufficient to justify this Court’s exercise of jurisdiction,” it said.