TAMPA, Fla. — Shopping may be a pleasure at Publix, but one Leon County man claims the supermarket's thousands of unsolicited robocalls were anything but.
A class-action lawsuit filed for more than $5 million against Publix Super Markets Inc. claims the supermarket chain made robocalls to customers' cellphones without their consent.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Tampa.
Eric Snover received 13 robocalls on his cellphone from a Destin Publix from Feb. 28, 2014 to Nov. 6, 2014, the lawsuit alleges.
It alleges Publix's pharmacy made robocalls to customers to tell them their prescriptions were ready for pickup. But many of the people said they never used Publix's prescription services and did not have a prescription to be picked up.
Snover said he asked the store to stop the calls several times.
"I cancelled my prescriptions 3 months ago, and am still getting messages I should pick it up," viewer Lilly Fitzpatrick said on the WFTV Facebook Page. "Something must be wrong."
The lawsuit said Publix violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
The act could entitle each of the lawsuit's plaintiffs up to $1,500 per call.
A spokesman with Publix declined comment, saying the company does not comment on pending or active litigation.
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