ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in St. Louis is weighing whether to sign off on a $1.6 million settlement to a class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of unsolicited faxes.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the proposed settlement could amount to up to $180 per copy for dental businesses that received the unwanted faxes.
Indiana-based Zimmer Dental Inc. sells dental implants and other products. The company denies any wrongdoing as part of the settlement of the 2015 lawsuit filed by a dental office in the St. Louis suburb of Sunset Hills.
As part of the settlement proposal, the plaintiffs’ lawyers will receive more than $533,000.
U.S. District Judge Ronnie White told attorneys during a hearing Thursday that he’d take the settlement under advisement.