Judge Schedules Jan. 29 Hearing on AccuQuote’s Motion to Dismiss
U.S. District Judge Thomas Barber for Middle Florida in Tampa scheduled a hearing for Jan. 29 at 1:30 p.m. on defendant AccuQuote’s Nov. 27 motion to dismiss plaintiff John Bryant’s first amended Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint for lack of…
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subject-matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction, or, in the alternative, for failure to state a claim, said the judge’s text-only order Tuesday (docket 8:23-cv-02171). Bryant alleges that AccuQuote, an insurance leads company, hired vendor Digital Media Solutions to place unsolicited telemarketing calls to Virginia phone numbers listed on the national do not call registry, and that it also violated provisions of the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act (see 2309270006). AccuQuote’s motion to dismiss contends that Bryant’s amended complaint “tries to resuscitate claims” that were dismissed earlier in 2023 in an identical case in the Eastern District of Virginia.