(Providence, RI) -- A Rhode Island woman is suing retail outlet Kohl's for allegedly violating federal law by making a high number of collection calls during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Providence Journal reports the suit was filed last week against the Wisconsin-based chain by Denice Perry of Warwick in federal court, claiming a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Debt collectors were exempted by a 2015 amendment to the act, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year the amendment was unconstitutional. Perry said she received over two-hundred calls since June, despite initially telling a collection agent she was going through severe financial hardship because of the pandemic.
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