Kaner v. Robert R. Schiffman, D.C., P.C.

Nathan Kaner and his company filed a two-count class action complaint alleging *1135common law conversion and violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C § 227 (the “Act”). Kaner sought to be the class representative. The defendants furnished Kaner with an offer to “consent to judgment” including $2,500 (for five violations of the Act, each carrying a $500 statutory penalty, see 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(3)(B)), compensable damages associated with the conversion of Kaner’s fax machine, an injunction prohibiting the defendants from engaging in statutory violations, taxable costs, and any…