A New Jersey judge has granted Verizon Wireless a permanent injunction to stop All Star Vacations and Marketing Group Inc., Miami, from making telemarketing calls to its customers.
Attempts to reach All Star were unsuccessful at deadline.
In May, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Robert Reed entered the injunction as the result of a settlement between Verizon and All Star.
As part of the settlement, All Star paid it $5,000 in damages, which Verizon plans to donate to Casa de Esperanza, an organization serving battered Latina women and working with Latino communities, according to Verizon.
Verizon initially filed a lawsuit in February, charging All Star and another Florida travel company, with illegal solicitation of its customers, after more than 500,000 calls in Spanish were allegedly placed to Verizon customers indicating they had won a trip to one of several resort locations and that directed them to call a toll-free number to claim their prize.
Verizon recently amended the lawsuit to include Southeastern Bell Corp. and its principals Orlando Guitan and Juan Serrano. The amended complaint alleges that All Star engaged Southeastern to make the unlawful telemarketing calls on its behalf.
The suit asks for a permanent injunction and damages against Southeastern and its officers.
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