Court orders $1,667.69 for two prerecorded sales voicemails after no-show
Summary
On November 3, 2026, a California federal court entered default judgment in Gray v. Buzzmarketing, LLC after the company never appeared. Danielle Lynette Gray alleged two calls on December 23, 2025, and January 14, 2026, left prerecorded voicemails advertising debt relief. The court awarded $1,000 in statutory damages, $500 per violation, plus $667.69 in costs: $1,667.69 for two calls. Class claims had already been dismissed.
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The takeaway
On November 3, 2026, a federal court in California entered a $1,667.69 default judgment against a company that never answered a TCPA suit over two prerecorded sales voicemails. With no defendant in court, the plaintiff's allegations were taken as true.
Who this affects
- In the role
- This ruling treated prerecorded voicemails sent without consent as TCPA violations, at $500 per call.
- Aspiring
- New hires joining outbound calling teams. — Voicemail-drop tools that use artificial or prerecorded voices fall within the conduct described in this case.
- In the role
- The company behind the calls, not an individual caller, was the defendant ordered to pay.
- Aspiring
- Team leads stepping into running outbound campaigns. — Running a campaign brings responsibility for how its calls are made, including recorded messages.
Who usually handles this
- A response to a served TCPA complaint usually sits with your legal team.Sales Manager
Still open: what defenses Buzzmarketing might have raised, since it never appeared and the court never weighed them.
- Prerecorded-message consent questions usually sit with your compliance team.Inside Sales Representative
Still open: whether the class claims, dismissed without prejudice, could return in a separate action.
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