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August 22, 2018 Other Insurance

Just the Fax: New Jersey Rules that Actual Property Damage is Required for Violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Proof of a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), without corresponding evidence of either “physical injury to tangible property” or “loss of use of tangible property,” is not enough for an insured to establish that the claims against it alleged “property damage” under a CGL policy, according to the New Jersey Appellate Division’s recent decision in Penn National Insurance Company v. Group C Communications, Inc., 2018 WL 3625424 (N.J. App. Div. July 31, 2018). In Group C Communications, the Appellate Division …