Leyse v Flagship Capital Servs. Corp.

2005 NYSlipOp 08001

October 27, 2005

Appellate Division, First Department

As corrected through Friday March 31, 2006

Robert Scott Leyse, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellant, v Flagship Capital Services Corp. et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

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Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered October 18, 2004, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendants-respondents' motion to dismiss plaintiff's class action claims, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff in this putative class action seeks statutory damages and injunctive relief for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 USC § 227). The motion court correctly dismissed the class action allegations and associated claims for class action relief since there is no statutory authorization for class recovery under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (see CPLR 901 [b]; Rudgayzer & Gratt v Cape Canaveral Tour & Travel, Inc., 22 AD3d 148 [2005]; Ganci v Cape Canaveral Tour & Travel, Inc., 21 AD3d 399 [2005]; Weber v Rainbow Software, Inc., 21 AD3d 411 [2005]; Bonime v Discount Funding Assoc., Inc., 21 AD3d 393 [2005]). Concur—Tom, J.P., Mazzarelli, Friedman, Catterson and McGuire, JJ.