A Los Angeles man filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in California on March 30 alleging that three timeshare companies, World Wide Vacations Inc., RCI LLC, and Interval International Inc., violated provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). 

The lawsuit alleges that the companies advertise their products and services by calling consumers’ phones using an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) and an artificial and/or prerecorded voice, which is prohibited by the TCPA.  The plaintiff is seeking a jury trial for the class, statutory damages of $500 per violating call, and treble damages of $1,500 per violating call.