Robocall Guide · Settlements
How much is a robocall claim worth?
The honest answer is that it depends on how many illegal calls you got, but each one carries a fixed price tag of $500 to $1,500 under federal law. A short campaign can be worth a few hundred dollars; a months-long one can run into five and six figures.
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Short answer
A robocall claim is worth $500 per illegal call or text, and up to $1,500 when the violation was willful, and those numbers stack across every call. So the value comes down to a few things: how many calls you got, whether they hit your cell, whether you’d told them to stop, and whether you’re filing alone or as part of a class. There’s no fixed payout, but the math is straightforward once you count the calls.
What it comes down to
- Every illegal call is worth a set amount, $500, or up to $1,500 if willful, and they add up.
- The biggest driver of value is simply how many calls you received.
- Calls that kept coming after you said stop push toward the higher $1,500 tier.
- A free review will give you a real range based on your facts, with no invented “average payout.”
The four things that drive what your claim is worth
Anyone who quotes you a single number before looking at your calls is guessing. The real value turns on a handful of concrete facts:
- How many calls or texts. This is the big one. Because the law sets a price per call, ten calls and a hundred calls are very different claims.
- Whether they reached your cell phone. The strongest TCPA protections cover prerecorded and autodialed calls to mobile numbers.
- Whether you told them to stop. Calls that continue after you revoked consent are the kind courts treat as willful, which roughly triples the per-call figure.
- Individual vs. class. On your own, you collect for your calls. As part of a class action, the recovery is spread across thousands of people but the total can reach the millions.
The math, in plain numbers
The TCPA, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, fixes damages so you don’t have to argue about what a call “cost” you. The formula is:
In a real case, Higgs v. Golden Title Loans (No. 2:20-cv-2559, W.D. Tenn.), a court awarded a man $1,500 for each of 385 wrong-number calls, $577,500 total, on summary judgment. That’s the formula doing what it’s built to do.
Why you don’t need to prove a dollar lost
People assume they have to show the calls cost them money, like lost wages or a missed appointment. You don’t. These are statutory damages, meaning Congress set the amount in advance so ordinary people could enforce the law without hiring an economist to prove harm.
Individual claim or class action?
If a company robocalled you specifically, you can bring your own claim and keep the recovery tied to your calls. If the same company ran an automated campaign that hit thousands of phones the same way, a class action may make more sense, one case on behalf of everyone harmed.
- Individual: faster, recovery scaled to your own calls, you control the case.
- Class: larger total recovery (the four real cases on this site range from $400K to $2.6M), but split among class members.
Which path fits depends on your facts. That’s part of what a free review sorts out.
What we won’t tell you
We won’t quote you an “average robocall settlement,” because there isn’t an honest one to quote. The cases are too different. A handful of wrong-number calls and a two-year telemarketing barrage are not the same claim, and pretending they average out helps no one. What we will do is count your calls, look at whether they were willful, and give you a real range. Every case is different, and prior results don’t guarantee an outcome.
Related: TCPA statutory damages · How TCPA damages are calculated · Willful violation damages · Do I qualify?
Real results, real citations
Actual TCPA recoveries Max has helped secure.
Wrong-number prerecorded debt-collection calls.
Lucas v. Synchrony Bank (N.D. Ind.)
Telemarketing to Do-Not-Call list & after opt-out.
Campbell v. Everything Breaks (D. Nev.)
385 wrong-number calls at $1,500 each.
Higgs v. Golden Title Loans (W.D. Tenn.)
Prerecorded calls to cell phones without consent.
Key v. Miracle Faith Center (N.D. Fla.)
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different.
What a robocall claim is worth: FAQs
Is there a minimum a robocall claim is worth?
A single illegal call is worth $500, so even one violation has a floor. Most claims involve far more than one call, which is where the value adds up.
Can you tell me my payout before reviewing my calls?
No honest attorney can. The value depends on how many calls you got, whether they were willful, and other facts. A free review gives you a real range based on your actual situation.
Do wrong-number robocalls count toward the value?
Yes. You don’t have to be the company’s customer. Wrong-number and recycled-number calls are illegal too, and in Higgs v. Golden Title Loans wrong-number calls alone were worth $577,500.
What pushes a claim from $500 to $1,500 per call?
A willful or knowing violation. The clearest example is calls that kept coming after you told them to stop. A court can triple the $500 figure to $1,500 in those cases.
How much is one robocall worth?
A single illegal robocall is generally worth $500, or up to $1,500 if the caller acted willfully. More calls simply mean a larger claim.
Is there an average robocall settlement amount?
There’s no reliable average, because every case turns on the number of calls and the specific facts. We’d rather give you an honest read on your situation than quote a number that doesn’t fit it.
Do I keep the money?
Yes. In an individual TCPA claim the statutory damages go to you. Max works on contingency, so his fee comes out only if you recover.
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