Company keeps sending me magazine. Can I sue?

[Los-Angeles]

What is the name of your state?California
A company keeps sending me this magazine. It's one of these free magazines that is probably sent to everyone in the city. I became annoyed by it because it often has what I consider political/cultural propaganda. I emailed them to take me off of their mailing list. They finally responded and agreed to stop sending this magazine. 6 months went by without any more magazines, until today. Another magazine arrived in my mailbox. It was addressed to my name -- not "resident" or anything like that.
Can I sue this company? If so, for how much?

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state?California
A company keeps sending me this magazine. It's one of these free magazines that is probably sent to everyone in the city. I became annoyed by it because it often has what I consider political/cultural propaganda. I emailed them to take me off of their mailing list. They finally responded and agreed to stop sending this magazine. 6 months went by without any more magazines, until today. Another magazine arrived in my mailbox. It was addressed to my name -- not "resident" or anything like that.
Can I sue this company? If so, for how much?

Sure, you can sue them. For how much? I would guess that you'll spend thousands of dollars for an outside chance of obtaining some sort of injunction. If you're asking if you will get money, the answer is that it's highly unlikely, and if you somehow do, it would like be a token amount (like $1). Your costs to pursue this will FAR exceed any money you might get.

 

[quincy]

Your question has nothing to do with personal injury or wrongful death.

Try sending the magazine back (return to sender). I don’t see that you have much of a lawsuit worth pursuing.

 

[Taxing Matters]

Can I sue this company? If so, for how much?

You may try to sue for an injunction (a court order prohibiting the company from mailing it to you) but I don't see any basis for a money judgment. Among other problems for a money judgment you appear to not have any financial loss caused by their mailing this stuff to you. Suit for injunction would need to be filed in superior court, not small claims court, and as others point out is likely to cost you thousands of dollars. Whether you'd get the injunction is another matter. Talk to a California civil litigation attorney if you want to pursue that. Or just promptly trash the magazine when you get it.

 

[quincy]

It is possible to fill out a form at the post office to halt the delivery of certain “junk mail” to your address.

For information from the USPS:
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Refuse-unwanted-mail-and-remove-name-from-mailing-lists

Cheaper than a lawsuit and likely to have more satisfactory results.

 

[adjusterjack]

Can I sue this company? If so, for how much?

Give me a break. Just throw it in the trash. You can't stop junk mail. Even Quincy's suggestion fails after a while. Yeah, Q, I tried it. Still getting as much junk as I used to.

 

[quincy]

Give me a break. Just throw it in the trash. You can't stop junk mail. Even Quincy's suggestion fails after a while. Yeah, Q, I tried it. Still getting as much junk as I used to.

Haha. Yes. I tried it, too. It worked for awhile, at least.

One thing is clear: The receipt of junk mail certainly doesn’t rise to the level of a personal injury or wrongful death claim.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Just throw it in the trash.

Or get a parakeet and line the cage with it.

 

[quincy]

Or get a parakeet and line the cage with it.

My kids use junk mail for paper mache projects. Of course, now we have a bunch of paper mache projects to deal with. Haha.

 

[adjusterjack]

I get a lot of solicitations that include a business reply envelope that's prepaid. I stuff it with junk mail that I get from other sources and throw it in with my outgoing mail. The junk mail folks get to pay to get junk mail back. It doesn't take much effort or time and it amuses me to do it.

 

[Just Blue]

Or get a parakeet and line the cage with it.

I did that! Archimedes and Amelia were appreciative.

 

[cbg]

If this is the biggest problem the OP has to deal with they are a very lucky person.

 

[zddoodah]

Can I sue this company? If so, for how much?

Anyone can sue anyone for anything. However, since no legal wrong has been committed and you have suffered no damages, you would lose. As long as any of us have been alive, junk mail has existed, and it probably always will exist. Throw it directly in the trash.

 

[quincy]

If this is the biggest problem the OP has to deal with they are a very lucky person.

No kidding. I often wonder what type of boring and/or privileged lives some people must live to even have the time to entertain suing over such minor inconsequential occurrences.

People are strange.

 

[FlyingRon]

Years ago a local newspaper continued to toss their paper into my yard after repeated requests to have them stop. Fortunately, I passed their office on the way to mine, so I would just toss it back at them as I went by. Not very effective, but satisfying.